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Russia is ready to guarantee safety of vessels carrying grain from Ukraine - Interfax

Russia's defence ministry said on Thursday that vessels carrying grain can leave Ukraine's ports in the Black Sea via "humanitarian corridors" and Russia is ready to guarantee their safety, Interfax news agency said.

Reuters

Ukraine seeks UN-backed mission to export grain shipments through Black Sea

Ukraine is working with international partners to create a United Nations-backed mission to restore Black Sea shipping routes and export Ukrainian farm produce, foreign ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko said on Thursday.

Reuters

Russia and the west compete to secure safe passage for Ukraine’s grain

Analysis: both sides agree grain must reach world markets soon but each wants to decide how

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Russian state TV demands Vladimir Putin grabs entire Black Sea coastline of Ukraine

Political scientist Vitaly Tretyakov told viewers that a 500 kilometre - or 310 mile - wide swathe of Ukraine should be controlled by Russia as a security 'guarantee'

Daily Mirror

UK’s Nato envoy warns Royal Navy may have to battle Russia

‘High risk’ of death of UK personnel if Britain joins force to break Black Sea blockade, says Tory MP

The Independent UK

How war in Ukraine has sparked an ‘unprecedented’ global food crisis

Scattered grain sits inside a warehouse damaged by Russian attacks in Cherkaska Lozova, outskirts of Kharkiv

Evening Standard

War in Ukraine adds to food price hikes, hunger in Africa

Families across Africa are paying about 45% more for wheat flour as Russia's war in Ukraine blocks exports from the Black Sea

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Farmers in Odesa sound alarm over blockade: ‘It’s a question of survival’

Russia has blockaded and occupied all of Ukraine’s seaports, meaning about 22m tonnes of produce is stuck

The Guardian - UK

How to break Russia’s blockade of Ukraine’s Black Sea ports

(Bloomberg Opinion) - When I was operations officer on an Aegis guided-missile destroyer in the late 1980s, we were given a mission in the Arabian Gulf. The Iranians, amid the so-called Tanker War with Iraq, were trying to close off the vital Strait of Hormuz.

Bangkok Post

West working to break Russian blockade and ‘avert global food crisis’, says PM

Boris Johnson updated Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelensky on the plan during a phone call on Saturday.

The Independent UK

Putin says he's willing to discuss resuming Ukrainian grain shipments

Russian President Vladimir Putin told the leaders of France and Germany in a phone call on Saturday that Russia was willing to discuss ways to make it possible for Ukraine to resume shipments of grain from Black Sea ports, the Kremlin said.

Reuters

Black Sea ports still the best way to get Ukraine's grain moving fast

Ukraine is desperately trying to export its vast stores of grain by road, river and rail to help avert a global food crisis but has no chance of hitting its targets unless Russia's blockade of its Black Sea ports is lifted, a government official said.

Reuters

Live updates | Ukraine says Russia presses offensive in east

The General Staff of the Ukrainian military says the Russian forces have continued attempts to press their offensive in several sections of the frontline in the east and also launched missile and air strikes at infrastructure facilities across the country

The Independent UK

Zelenskiy complains about divisions inside the European Union over more sanctions against Russia – as it happened

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Analysis: UN's grain-for-fertiliser plan holds little appeal for Moscow

Russia has little to gain from agreeing to a U.N. proposal that it unblock Ukraine's grain exports via the Black Sea in exchange for the freeing of Russian and Belarusian fertiliser exports from Western sanctions, industry experts in Russia say.

Evening Standard

Russia’s army already ‘exhausted and broken’, says Ben Wallace

Defence secretary called on Russia to allow Ukraine to export its blocked grain which is causing surging global food prices

Reuters

Ukraine's Kuleba says Russia trying blackmail with Black Sea blockade offer

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Wednesday that Russia was trying to "blackmail" the international community by raising the possibility of an offer to unblock Black Sea ports in return for a relaxation of sanctions.

Reuters

Time for Ukraine grain exports ebbing as harvest looms says lawmaker

Time is running out to get some 22 million tonnes of grain out of Ukraine ahead of the new harvest as Russia continues to blockade the country's Black Sea ports, Ukrainian lawmaker Yevheniia Kravchuk said on Wednesday.

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The Independent UK

Russia ‘ready to let Ukraine export food’ as crisis warnings mount

Moscow suggests it could end blockade of Black Sea ports under international pressure

Evening Standard

Putin’s Odesa blockade will send food prices spiralling, UK warns

Vladimir Putin’s blockade of Odesa and other Ukrainian ports will send basic food prices spiralling even higher, British defence chiefs warned on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

US says 20 countries promised advanced weapons to Ukraine, including harpoon launcher and missiles

The new weapons systems include the Harpoon anti-ship missile, which Ukraine could use to target Russia’s Black Sea fleet

The Guardian - UK

Snake Island does job of Moskva as Russia maintains grip on Black Sea

Russia determined to hang on to its ‘unsinkable destroyer’ as Ukraine tries to win vital landmass back

Reuters

Explainer-U.N. plan to get Ukraine grains out faces hurdles

Turkey said on Wednesday a United Nations plan to set up a sea corridor for Ukrainian grain exports overseen by Ankara was "reasonable", but required more talks with Moscow and Kyiv to ensure ships would be safe.

Asharq Al-Awsat

EU’s von Der Leyen Says Russia Is Using Food Supplies as a Weapon

Russia is using food supplies as a weapon with global repercussions, acting the same way as it does in the energy sector, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday. Speaking at the annual World Economic Forum held in Davos, Switzerland, she said "global cooperation" was the "antidote…

Daily Mirror

British Navy warships could be sent to protect freighters carrying Ukrainian grain

The UK could send warships, along with NATO allies, to the Black Sea port of Odesa to help ensure a safe passage for vital grain exports around the world and avoid a global famine

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