Zelenskyy appeals to international community to defend Ukraine’s grain export route
The leader of Ukraine claims that the humanitarian corridor requires “solid and long-term defense.”
The international community has been urged to do more to safeguard the grain shipping route that is used to export food by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Zelenskyy stated late on Tuesday that the corridor required “permanent and long-term defense” even as ships continued to leave Ukrainian ports as a result of an arrangement that Turkey and the UN helped to broker to ensure safe passage for grain and fertilizer shipments.
In a late-night speech on social media, Zelenskyy stated, “Russia must clearly be made aware that it would face a strong response from the globe to any measures to disrupt our food exports.”
“There is no doubt that the lives of tens of millions of people are at stake here.”
Prior to Moscow suspending its engagement due to a drone strike in seized Crimea, Russian President Vladimir Putin informed his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan that he would think about rejoining the historic accord in exchange for security guarantees from Kyiv.
After accusing Kyiv of carrying out a “terrorist” attack on Russian ships in conjunction with “specialists” from the United Kingdom, Moscow declared on Saturday that it would no longer take part in the agreement.
While London dismissed Moscow’s accusation as a “fabricated fiction,” Kyiv has neither denied nor accepted responsibility for the attack.
A response to the attack on its Black Sea Fleet, Russia launched missiles toward Ukrainian cities on Monday, including Kyiv, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Washington denounced the missile attacks and charged Moscow with “exacerbating human suffering” by focusing on water and energy infrastructure.
The invasion of Ukraine by Russia has exacerbated the global food scarcity and cost of living problem, sparking a frenzy of diplomatic efforts to control rising prices and prevent famine in developing nations.
Under the July accord, which intends to return exports to prewar levels of 5 million tonnes per month, more than 9.5 million tonnes of grain and allied goods have been exported.
On Tuesday, Oleksandr Kubrakov, the minister of infrastructure for Ukraine, stated that eight laden ships were anticipated to pass via the corridor on Thursday.
