The Black Sea Grain Initiative, which allows Ukraine to export grain through ports in the Black Sea, is in a "

As part of an agreement concluded last year, representatives of Russia, Turkey and the UN are checking ships to and from Ukrainian ports.. The joint commission agrees on the names of the ships to be checked.

However, on Tuesday, according to Vaskov, no checks were carried out, although the Ukrainian side, according to the agreement, transferred the names of three grain carriers. The Russians crossed out the names and provided other ships from the current queue of 50 ships.

As a result, not a single ship was allowed to continue its journey, which means an actual blockade from Moscow.

“Today we have a critical situation. The Russians violated the terms of the Black Sea Grain Initiative. Decided to unilaterally change the plans of Ukrainian ports. This is unacceptable,” said the representative of the Ministry of Infrastructure.

Russia seeks not to comply with the provisions of the agreement and has been deliberately slowing down the verification process for several months. In February, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin said that Russia considered it " Last month, Russia said it would extend the agreement by just 60 days instead of the 120-day period envisaged by the agreements..

“If the confrontation continues, world food prices are likely to increase by 15%,” Vaskov said..

According to him, Ukrainian farmers will again be forced to stock up on grain, as they did last summer, and will face serious financial difficulties..

He added that Kyiv urgently raised the issue of non-compliance with the terms of the agreement with the UN and Turkey..

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