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Britain has refused to ease sanctions against Russia in exchange for a corridor for grain exports from Ukraine

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Sofiia Telishevska
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The Minister of Defense of the United Kingdom Ben Wallace rejected Russiaʼs proposal to ease sanctions against it in exchange for a corridor for grain exports from Ukraine.

This was reported by Reuters.

"Itʼs a grain for everyone, for Libya, for Yemen. People all over the world rely on this grain to feed themselves. I call on Russia to do the right thing — in the spirit of humanity, to enable Ukraine to export grain and stop stealing it. We will not talk about sanctions, letʼs do the right thing," the Defense Minister said.

Instead, Wallace welcomed the offer of other Black Sea countries, such as Turkey, to accompany grain supplies from Ukraine.

Ukraine expects this yearʼs harvest to be approximately 70% of the last yearʼs, as some fields are now under Russian control or mined.