Article 63BW7 Putin threatens to tear up fragile Ukraine grain deal in bellicose speech

Putin threatens to tear up fragile Ukraine grain deal in bellicose speech

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Andrew Roth in Moscow
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Russian president says he wants to revise agreement to allow export of Ukrainian grain from Black Sea

Vladimir Putin has said he wants to revise a fragile international agreement to allow the export of Ukrainian grain in a move that could threaten the deal and revive fears of a renewed Russian naval blockade in the Black Sea.

During a bellicose speech at an economic conference in Vladivostok, Putin said he would speak with the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoan, about limiting the destinations for grain exports", issuing a false claim that only two of 87 ships leaving Ukraine with grain had gone to developing countries.

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