The European Union is trying to find an alternative route to export 20 million tons of grain from Ukraine. Josep Borrell, head of European diplomacy, said this during an interview for Franceinfo..

He stressed that Ukrainian wheat urgently needs to be exported to countries that need it.. Thus, it will be possible to free up storage space for the next harvest..

According to the head of European diplomacy, as long as the ports remain blocked, Ukrainian grain can be taken out by rail through neighboring countries.

" We are working on it, but the ability to deliver 20 million tons to the port on the Black Sea, in Romania and Bulgaria, in the Baltic countries by rail is a trickle,” Borrell said..

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Earlier, Ukrainian intelligence reported that Russia wants to arrange a famine in the Kherson region in order to force the local population to submit.

The question of Ukraine's ability to grow a decent harvest in the face of intense hostilities is of interest not only to its residents, but also to consumers far beyond its borders.. Read about forecasts for the current marketing year in the article by Larisa Guk and Sergey Sledya "