
Ukrainian Minister of Agriculture Taras Vysotsky said there are no prospects for achieving a truce on grain exports in the Black Sea in the coming months, noting that all proposals from Kyiv were rejected by the Russian side.
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Ukraine and Russia are in conflict over export routes in the Black Sea.
Ukraine does not see prospects for achieving a truce on grain exports in the Black Sea. This was stated by the Minister of Agriculture of Ukraine Taras Vysotsky, Bloomberg reports.
“Unfortunately, it is difficult to imagine any possible resolution to this issue in the coming months. (...) We must be prepared for the situation to remain as critical as it is now,” the official said.
He added that Kyiv proposed different approaches to the truce, but all of them were allegedly rejected by Russia.

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