Uk ai e
p oposes
tempo a y
halt
to
Black
Sea
civilia
attacks
as
g ai
t ade
hit,
epo t
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photo)
Uk ai e
has
p oposed
a
tempo a y
halt
to
attacks
o
civilia
ta gets
i
the
Black
Sea
as
a
su ge
i
st ikes
o
ships
a d
po ts
dis upts
t ade
a d
aises
co ce s
about
global
food
supplies,
acco di g
to
a
sou ce
familia
with
the
matte
cited
by
Reute s.The
p oposal
was
co veyed
to
Moscow
th ough
a
thi d
pa ty,
a d
Kyiv
is
still
waiti g
fo
Russia
to
espo d,
the
sou ce
said.The
developme t
comes
as
Russia
a d
Uk ai e,
both
majo
playe s
i
global
ag icultu al
ma kets,
accuse
each
othe
of
escalati g
attacks
o
vessels
a d
po t
i f ast uctu e
i volved
i
expo ts.Uk ai e
has
i c easi gly
elied
o
alte ative
shippi g
a a geme ts
afte
seve al
shipow e s
stopped
calli g
at
po ts
i
the
Odesa
egio
i
late
July
followi g
Russia
attacks
o
vessels.
Odesa
is
a
key
hub
fo
Uk ai e’s
g ai
expo ts.Russia
has
also
faced
dis uptio
to
its
ow
Black
Sea
t ade.
Moscow
tempo a ily
halted
ope atio s
at
all
th ee
te mi als
at
the
Novo ossiysk
po t
fo
two
days
followi g
a
Uk ai ia
attack,
acco di g
to
Reute s.
The
dis uptio
is
expected
to
put
fu the
p essu e
o
Russia’s
g ai
expo ts.Neithe
the
K emli
o
Russia’s
Fo eig
Mi ist y
immediately
comme ted
o
Uk ai e’s
epo ted
p oposal.
Befo e
the
Reute s
epo t
eme ged,
Russia
Deputy
Fo eig
Mi iste
Alexa de
G ushko
said
Moscow
had
ot
eceived
a y
fo mal
p oposal
fo
a
Black
Sea
ceasefi e.”Rece tly,
we
have
bee
hea i g
ma y
calls
fo
va ious
ki ds
of
mo ato iums
a d
t uces,”
G ushko
said,
acco di g
to
Russia’s
state- u
TASS
ews
age cy.
He
added
that
Moscow
had
eceived
o
fo mal
p oposals
th ough
official
cha els.The
epo t
also
affected
global
g ai
ma kets,
with
Eu opea
wheat
p ices
givi g
up
some
of
thei
gai s
afte
eachi g
a
two-week
high
ea lie
i
the
week.The
Black
Sea
has
bee
ce t al
to
Uk ai e’s
ag icultu al
expo ts
si ce
Russia
lau ched
its
full-scale
i vasio
i
2022.
A
UN-
a d
Tu key-b oke ed
ag eeme t
i itially
allowed
Uk ai ia
g ai
shipme ts
to
co ti ue
despite
the
wa ,
helpi g
ease
co ce s
about
a
wide
global
food
c isis.
Russia
withd ew
f om
the
a a geme t
i
2023.Uk ai e
subseque tly
established
a
alte ative
ma itime
co ido
that
emai ed
ope atio al
u til
the
latest
escalatio .
Kyiv
says
othe
optio s,
i cludi g
ail
t a spo t
a d
outes
th ough
the
Da ube,
ca ot
fully
eplace
shippi g
th ough
its
Black
Sea
po ts.Tu key
has
also
aised
co ce s
ove
the
ece t
attacks.
A ka a
has
u ged
both
Russia
a d
Uk ai e
to
ag ee
to
a
mo ato ium
o
attacks
i
the
Black
Sea.The
e ewed
dis uptio
is
al eady
weighi g
heavily
o
Uk ai e’s
ag icultu al
t ade.
Uk ai ia
g ai
expo ts
have
falle
76%
yea -o -yea
so
fa
i
August
acco di g
to
Reute s,
while
the
cou t y’s
ag icultu al
secto
has
wa ed
that
a
p olo ged
dis uptio
to
Black
Sea
shippi g
could
have
majo
co seque ces
fo
the
wide
eco omy.