The European Union (EU) called on Russia on Sunday to reverse its decision to withdraw from the UN-brokered deal that allowed Ukraine's grain exports through the Black Sea amid a global food crisis.
"Russia's decision to suspend its participation in the Black Sea agreement puts at risk the main export route of grains and fertilizers much needed to face the world food crisis caused by its war against Ukraine," the senior official said on Twitter. EU representative for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, Josep Borrell. "The EU urges Russia to (reverse) its decision."
In a move that sparked international outrage, Moscow announced on Saturday it was suspending its participation in the Black Sea deal, which seeks to avert famine and control inflation, in response to what it called a major Ukrainian drone attack on his fleet.
The Russian Defense Ministry accused the British Navy of helping Ukraine to attack the Russian naval base in Sevastopol, on the Crimean peninsula, home of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, with drones in the early hours of Friday to Saturday. Due to the attack, a minesweeper of the Russian Fleet and a floating protection net in Sevastopol's Yuzhnaya Bay suffered minor damage. Nine drones and seven unmanned maritime devices were used in the attack, all of which were shot down by Russian defenses, according to the ministry.
Since Russia and Ukraine signed in Turkey, with the support of the UN, the pact for the export of grain through the Black Sea, several million tons of corn, wheat, sunflower derivatives, barley, rapeseed have been exported from Ukraine. and soy. Specifically, nine million tons on board 397 ships, the Ukrainian Ministry of Agriculture said on Thursday. In fact, there was hope that the agreement would be renewed before its expiration on November 19.
