The United States is working with Ukraine on a “Plan B” to withdraw grain exports from the country after Russia attacked the port of Odessa. This was stated by the administrator of the US Agency for International Development Samantha Power, CNN reports..

“Plan B includes road, rail and river transport, sending barges and adjusting rail systems to better align with European ones so exports can move faster,” Power said in an interview with CNN.. “We stuck to the contingency plan because you can’t trust everything Vladimir Putin says.”.

Power stressed that while the plan provides for safer routes, “there is nothing stopping Putin from ending the blockade and sending the grain in the most efficient way.”.

“Even the reason that this agreement is working and being implemented, and the grain leaving the port, has led to a decrease in prices even in 24 hours,” she emphasized that sea transportation is the most profitable.

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Recall, on July 22, Ukraine, Turkey and Russia, with the support of the UN Secretary General, agreed to ensure the safe export of grain from the Ukrainian ports "

“The parties will not make any attacks on merchant ships and other civilian ships and port facilities participating in this initiative,” the document said..

But the very next morning, Russia launched four missile strikes on Odessa.. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Russia's attack on the port of Odessa over the weekend "