British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace rejected the idea of \u200b\u200beasing sanctions in exchange for lifting the Russian blockade of Ukrainian ports for crop exports.

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In a meeting with his Spanish counterpart Margarita Robles, Wallace said Russia should "

At the same time, he welcomed the offer to other Black Sea countries, such as Turkey, to accompany shipments of Ukrainian grain..

Ukraine expects this year's harvest to be about 70% of last year's level as some fields are now under Russian control or mined.

On May 25, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced that they would be ready to provide a humanitarian corridor for the export of Ukrainian crops through the Black Sea - in exchange for the lifting of sanctions and the "

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba urged not to succumb to Russia's blackmail about a "