Russia will suspend its implementation of a UN brokered grain deal that has seen more than 9 million tons of grain exported from Ukranian during the war.
The Russian Defense Ministry cited an alleged Ukrainian drone attack against Russia's Black Sea Fleet ships moored off the coast of occupiedCrimea as the reason for the move. The Ukrainians said that the Russians mishandled their own weapons.
The Russian declaration came a day after the U.N. urged Russia and Ukraine to continue exporting grain. Other countries were urged by the UN to remove obstacles blocking Russian grain andfertilizer exports.
The grain deal brokered by the UN and Turkey helps cushion the effects of the cost-of-living crisis on billions of people, according to the U.N. chief.
The United Nations was in contact with Russian authorities over the suspension.
Stephane Dujarric said it was vital that all parties refrain from any action that would jeopardize the Black Sea Grain Initiative.
The Foreign Ministry accused British specialists of being involved in the attack on the Russian ships.
In connection with the actions of Ukrainian armed forces, led by British specialists, directed against Russian ships that ensure the functioning of the humanitarian corridor in question, the Russian side cannot guarantee the safety of civilian dry cargo ships.
There was no immediate comment from Britain's defense ministry.
Russia is accused of playing "hunger games" by the Ukrainian Foreign Minister.
Russia's plans to destroy thegrain agreement was warned by us. The grain corridor that ensures food security for millions of people is being blocked by Moscow.
The suspension was denounced by the head of the Ukrainian presidency.
Turkish officials haven't received any official notice of the suspension.
Russia is ready to replace Ukrainian grain and deliver supplies at affordable prices to all interested countries, according to the agriculture minister. Dmitry Patrushev said that Moscow was prepared to give up to 500,000 tons of grain to the poor in the next four months.
Patrushev said that the disproportionate amount of grain exported from the Black Sea ports was bound for Europe.
At least one Russian ship was damaged in the port on the Ukrainian peninsula annexed by Moscow in a drone attack.
The Russian Defense Ministry said a minesweeper had "minor damage" during an alleged pre-dawn Ukrainian attack on navy and civilian vessels. According to the ministry, Russian forces had repelled 16 attacks on drones.
According to the governor of the region, the port was attacked by air and sea drones. All video from the area will be held back for security reasons.
Four warships in Russia's Black Sea Fleet were damaged in blasts due to carelessness with explosives, according to an adviser to the Interior Ministry of Ukraine. A ship that carried cruise missiles used in a deadly attack on a western Ukrainian city was among the vessels.
Russian troops moved sick and wounded people from hospitals in southern Kherson region and stripped the facilities of medical equipment as Ukrainians fought to regain control of the province.
The city of Kherson, the capital of the mostly Russian-occupied region, was urged to be emptied by the Kremlin-installed authorities.
The General Staff of the armed forces of Ukraine said that the so-called evacuate of invaders from the temporarily occupied territory of the Kherson region continues.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the Russians were demolishing the health care system in Kherson.
Zelenskyy said that the occupiers have decided to close medical institutions in the cities.
Russian President Putin declared martial law in Kherson after annexing it last month. Zaporizhzhia is one of the other ones.
Russian shelling and missile attacks in the country's east continued as Kyiv's forces sought to gain ground in the south. Three more civilians died and eight more were wounded in the Donetsk region, which has again become a front-line hotspot as Russian soldiers attempt to capture the city of Bakhmut, an important target in the eastern offensive.
There is an industrial building in the Zaporizhzhia region. The capital of the region, Zaporizhzhia, is still under Ukrainian military control.
A swap with Russia resulted in the release of 52 Ukrainians, including two former defenders of the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol. The bombed out port city has a steelworks.
He said that the sailor who defended the Black Sea outpost of Snake Island was also released. The site of the world's worst nuclear disaster in 1986 was briefly occupied by Russian forces in February and March.
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The Russian Defense Ministry now says one ship was slightly damaged in the port.
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The war in Ukranian is covered by the AP.
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