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The sea mines floating between Ukraine’s grain stocks and the world

As the United Nations tries to broker a path for grain from Ukraine and temper worries about a global food crisis, hundreds of mines laid along the Black Sea present a practical nightmare that will take months to resolve even after any agreement.

Reuters

Vladimir Putin's mystery girlfriend appears in public for first time after sanctions

Alina Kabaeva, the 39-year-old rumoured to have a hidden family with the Kremlin leader, was spotted in Black Sea resort Sochi at a rhythmic gymnastics training camp with 28 children

Daily Mirror

Russia says no agreement reached with Turkey on Ukrainian grain sale

The Kremlin said on Thursday that no agreement had been reached to sell grain from Ukraine to Turkey - which Ukraine says Russia has stolen from it - but that work on a deal was continuing.

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'Danger! mines' - Odesa's popular beaches now off limits

Tourists once flocked to the Ukrainian resort of Odesa to lie on its Black Sea beaches, but the white sands are now covered in mines because of the war with Russia and police officers patrol the boardwalks.

Reuters

The Black Sea blockade: mapping the impact of war in Ukraine on the world’s food supply – interactive

From vast grain stores stuck in Odesa to famine risk in Yemen, a visual guide to the far-reaching effects of Russia’s block on exports

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine's president says millions could starve because Russia is blockading ports

Millions of people could starve because of Russia's blockade of Ukraine's Black Sea ports, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday.

Reuters

Food held hostage: How to free up Black Sea route for global supplies?

Talk about competing narratives. Russia's foreign minister is in Turkey's capital, where his hosts talked up the prospect of a UN-brokered plan to free up the Black Sea and the food supplies blocked by the war in Ukraine. The Kremlin wants the waters de-mined and the West to lift "sanctions"…

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Russia attacking Ukraine food targets to scare world, says regional governor

Russia is attacking food and agriculture targets in Ukraine in order to scare the world into agreeing a deal to reopen the Black Sea on Moscow's terms, the head of the region where a major agricultural storage facility was struck on Sunday said.

Reuters

Russia and Turkey discuss grain blocked in black sea ports

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, on a visit to Turkey, said Wednesday that Moscow is ready to ensure the safe passage of vessels from Ukraine as concerns mount over grain stuck in Ukrainian ports.

Radio France Internationale

Ukraine's grain crop at risk as silos still half full due to stalled exports

Grain silos in Ukraine's government-controlled territory are about half full in the run-up to this year's harvest, meaning crops could be left in the ground if Russia continues its port blockade, the head of the Ukraine Grain Association said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Ukrainian envoy says Black Sea export agreement only possible with Kyiv's involvement

Ukraine's ambassador to Turkey said on Wednesday that no agreement to secure its grain exports via the Black Sea was possible without Kyiv's involvement and accused Russia of putting forward unrealistic proposals such as checking vessels.

Reuters

Russia and Turkey raise hopes of grain export corridor from Ukraine

Majority of Ukrainian grain exports have been halted since Russia launched full invasion in February

The Guardian - UK

Turkey, Russia discuss efforts to restart Ukrainian grain exports

In meeting with Russian counterpart, Turkey’s foreign minister says UN proposal to restart Ukraine exports ‘reasonable’.

Al Jazeera

Turkey struggles to push Russia, Ukraine into grain deal to avert food crisis

Turkish efforts to ease a global food crisis by negotiating safe passage for grain stuck in Black Sea ports met resistance as Ukraine said Russia was imposing unreasonable conditions and the Kremlin said free shipment depended on an end to sanctions.

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Lavrov says Russia won't take advantage if Kyiv lets grain shipments leave safely

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday said Moscow would not use the situation surrounding grain shipments in and around the Black Sea to advance its "special military operation", as long as Ukraine lets ships leave safely.

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Trudy Rubin: Putin’s new war crime: Starving world’s poor by blocking Ukraine’s grain exports

You may think you’ve seen every horror in Russia’s kit of war crimes against Ukraine (short of weapons of mass destruction).

The Independent UK

Ukraine in race to export millions of tonnes of food as Putin ‘blackmails’ world with port blockade

Businesses are struggling to move vital grain supplies out of Ukraine and wary of any deal with Putin to ease blockade on Black Sea ports

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Russia's Lavrov in Turkey to discuss plan to ship Ukrainian grain

The talks scheduled for Wednesday aim to unlock an estimated 22 million tons of grains sitting in silos in Ukraine.

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The Independent UK

Turkey and Russia fail to come up with plan to export Ukraine’s food as global crisis looms

Kyiv and Washington give cautious approval to talks that would allow exports of grain amid fears of woldwide starvation

The Independent UK

Lavrov in Turkey to discuss plan to ship Ukrainian grain

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is due to hold talks with Turkish officials on a plan that would allow Ukraine to export its grain through the Black Sea to global markets amid an escalating food crisis

Reuters

Russian attack destroys warehouses of major Ukrainian commodity terminal, governor says

Russian shelling destroyed the warehouses of one of Ukraine's largest agricultural commodities terminals in the Black Sea port of Mykolaiv over the weekend, the head of the region said on Tuesday.

The Guardian - UK

Plan to ship grain out of Ukraine dealt blow due to mines

Turkish offer to escort ships through Black Sea blockade would face six-month wait for mine clearance, says Ukraine

The Guardian - UK

Dead dolphins: how nature became another casualty of the Ukraine war

Often overlooked amid the human suffering, Russia is inflicting lasting damage on wildlife and globally important wetlands

The Guardian - UK

How do you get 20m tonnes of grain out of Ukraine?

War presents diplomatic and logistical challenges as silos of world’s fifth-biggest wheat exporter fill up

Tribune News Service

Ukraine cautious as Turkey, Russia push Black Sea grain deal

Turkey and Russia have reached a tentative deal to restart shipments of Ukraine’s agricultural products from a key Black Sea port, but Kyiv remains skeptical of the proposed pact, according to people familiar with the discussions.

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