Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Russia has exported at least 400,000 tons of grain from the occupied Ukrainian territories, the First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Taras Vysotsky stated in an interview with Crimea.Reality.
"At the time of occupation, there were about one and a half million tons of grain in these areas, according to elevator registers. And we received information from those territories from Ukrainians about the fact of export. If you add all cases, about 400 thousand tons were exported. We will be able to tell what happened to the remaining million tons only after deoccupation, "he said.
Vysotsky added that according to the Center for Food and Land Use Research of the Kyiv School of Economics (KSE Institute), the losses of Ukrainian agriculture from the full-scale invasion already reached $ 4.3 billion.
- Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba stated that Ukraine is ready to create the necessary conditions for the resumption of exports from the Odesa port.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy believes that weapons are the best guarantee of security for Ukrainian ports and unblocking grain exports.
- Turkey and Russia have agreed on a plan to safely export Ukrainian grain and unblock the port in Odesa. However, Ukraine still doubts whether to agree to it.
- US President Joe Biden said on June 14 that the United States and European allies are working on removing the blocked Ukrainian grain by rail. To do this, they plan to build granaries near Ukrainian border.
- Earlier, Turkish media reported that representatives of Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the United Nations are to meet in Istanbul next week to discuss the issue of unblocking Ukrainian grain exports. Also, according to Milliyet, Turkey and Russia have agreed to negotiate with Ukraine on grain exports.