Some countries were ready to buy grain stolen by Russian invaders in Ukraine, but then feared sanctions. This was stated by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky in an interview with the Financial Times..
" We cannot export grain, barley, sunflower, our oil. Russia stole some of our grain. Stole and taken away on ships. They entered some countries, and these countries were ready to accept them.. But we caught this information, these routes.
We have warned the states that we will unite the West and therefore sanctions will be imposed against you as well.. Then some states got scared. But the precedent? "
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As it became known, Russia and Turkey " At the same time, these states did not coordinate the issue with Ukraine, and Turkey itself is one of the countries that buy grain that was stolen in Ukraine.
Meanwhile, the EU is considering the possibility of unblocking Ukrainian ports by military means..