Ukraine, Russia agree to resume grain exports
- Ukraine and Russia signed a landmark agreement with Turkey and the UN to unblock Ukraine’s Black Sea grain exports after a Russian blockade raised fears of a global food crisis.
Mediators
- The deal agreed through UN and Turkish mediation establishes safe corridors along which Ukrainian ships can come in and out of three designated Black Sea ports in and around Odessa.
- And both sides also pledged not to attack ships on the way in or out.
War Effects
- Up to 25 million tonnes of wheat and other grain have been blocked in Ukrainian ports by Russian warships and landmines Kyiv has laid to avert a feared amphibious assault.
Prelims Take Away
- Location Based questions
- Major crop producers of world