![]() ![]() Meanwhile US Secretary of State Antony Blinken challenged all countries Thursday to tell Russia to stop using the Black Sea and Ukraine’s grain as “blackmail” and stop treating the world’s hungry and vulnerable people as leverage in its “unconscionable war.” The port is one of the biggest in the Black Sea. The emergency services of Novorossiysk confirmed reports of blasts and security services have been informed, Russia’s RIA news agency reported. Our top stories this morning: Russian social media users reported hearing explosions and gunfire near the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk on Friday morning, according to Reuters. Welcome back to our live coverage of the war in Ukraine. Lisa O’Carroll and Julian Borger reported this story: It had an immediate effect, returning Ukrainian grain to the market and helping to ease the record-high prices reached shortly after the invasion, the high representative of the European Commission said. The pact, an attempt to alleviate the food crisis triggered by a Russian blockade of Ukrainian ports, was brokered in July 2022 by the United Nations and Turkey. He urged the international community to speak on the issue “with a clear and unified voice,” adding: “We owe it to the people most in need.” In a letter seen by the Guardian, Josep Borrell warned that Russia’s decision to walk out of the Black Sea Grain Initiative (BSGI) last month was risking the lives of children and others in war-torn countries and conflict zones. The EU’s foreign policy chief has written to G20 ministers urging them to help Brussels persuade Vladimir Putin to reopen the main export route for Ukraine grain to countries in Africa and the Middle East. ![]()
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