Despite the fallout, Ukraine says 12 vessels carrying grain sailed from its ports on Monday.
President Vladimir Putin has said Russia is suspending - but not ending - its participation in a deal that allows safe passage to vessels carrying Ukrainian grain exports.
Despite the fallout, 12 ships left Ukraine's Black Sea ports on Monday, Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said.After Russia invaded Ukraine in February, its navy imposed a blockade on Ukraine's Black Sea ports, trapping about 20 million tonnes of grain meant for export inside the country, along with other foodstuffs such as maize and sunflower oil.
He said maritime safety must be ensured and that implementing grain exports under such conditions were too risky. "In conditions when Russia is talking about the impossibility of guaranteeing the safety of shipping in these areas, such a deal is hardly feasible, and it takes on a different character - much more risky, dangerous and unguaranteed," the Ukrainian president's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
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