
The Minister of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine Taras Vysotsky called on neighboring EU countries to increase railway capacity by 50% for the export of grain due to the blockage of the Black Sea and attacks on ports.
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The Russian military is blocking the Black Sea, which is preventing the traditional maritime export of Ukrainian grain.
Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Taras Vysotsky called on the authorities of the European Union (EU) countries bordering the republic to help with the export of grain amid the prolonged blockade by the Russian military of the Black Sea. His words are quoted by RBC-Ukraine.
Regular attacks by the Russian Armed Forces on the ports of Greater Odessa, he complained, caused significant damage to Ukrainian grain exports. It is virtually impossible to export accumulated agricultural reserves via alternative sea routes, Vysotsky stated.
Against this background, he emphasized, for Ukrainian farmers the only real way to send grain to foreign markets remains railway routes running through the territory of European countries. “It is impossible to export large volumes via alternative sea routes,” the minister stated.
“Ukrzheldoroga,” explained Vysotsky, can deliver significant volumes of products by rail to the borders with Poland and Romania. However, the railway capacity of these countries leaves much to be desired. For this reason, Vysotsky called on Western neighbors to increase by at least 50 percent the number of trains that can pass there per day.
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