Putin Says Russia Will Join Black Sea Grain Export

Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that Russia will rejoin the Ukraine grain export deal via the Black Sea. Shipments are expected to resume on Wednesday. Russia’s defense ministry is satisfied with the UN-backed agreement and believes the shipments from Kyviv will be safely transported. “Russia considers that the received guarantees are, at the moment, sufficient and is resuming the implementation of the agreement,” the ministry said.

A reporter from Turkey disclosed that “We know that Russia over the weekend had withdrawn from the agreement … but after intensive talks between Ankara, Moscow, Kyiv and, of course, the involvement of the United Nations as well, it seems that the deal is once again alive and working.”