US agency accuses Putin of making ‘reckless’ decision over grain deal
by Jamie Wilson, Nick Hopkins and Shaun Walker in Ode from World news | The Guardian on (#6D2EW)
Russia's justification for withdrawal from Ukraine export deal full of falsehood and lies', says USAid head during Odesa visit
The head of the US agency for international development, Samantha Power, has accused Vladimir Putin of making a life and death decision" affecting millions of the world's poorest people by withdrawing from the year-old UN-brokered deal that lets Ukraine export grain through the Black Sea.
Speaking in the shadow of several giant grain silos inside the key trading port of Odesa, the head of USAid pledged a further $250m to create and expand alternative routes for Ukrainian grain to leave the country, but admitted nothing would compensate for the loss of the Black Sea ports.
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