Germany said it is working with partners to get grain out of Ukraine by train via so-called solidarity lanes. Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, speaking before her European Union counterparts met in Brussels, said the aim is to “make sure that the grain won’t rot in the silos in Ukraine” and that it reaches “people in the world who desperately need it.”
(Bloomberg) — Germany said it is working with partners to get grain out of Ukraine by train via so-called solidarity lanes. Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, speaking before her European Union counterparts met in Brussels, said the aim is to “make sure that the grain won’t rot in the silos in Ukraine” and that it reaches “people in the world who desperately need it.”
Josep Borrell, the EU’s foreign affairs chief, called Russia ending the Black Sea grain deal, and attacking Ukrainian grain facilities, “a barbarian attitude.” US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was due to address the meeting, after Ukraine’s Dmytro Kuleba, via video link. The US has warned that Russia has laid mines at Ukrainian grain ports, after Moscow ended the Black Sea grain deal that kept Ukrainian exports flowing.
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