Russia Suspends Ukraine Grain Export Deal; Biden Slams Move
- Defense Ministry halts participation, blames Crimean strikes
- President Biden calls move by Kremlin ‘purely outrageous’
A grain ship departing from Ukraine arrives in Port of Tripoli, Lebanon, on Sept. 25.
Photographer: Ahmad Said/Anadolu Agency/Getty ImagesRussia pulled out of a deal to allow Ukrainian grain exports from Black Sea ports after drone strikes against its naval vessels, a move that threatens to exacerbate the global food crisis and send prices soaring again.
“It’s purely outrageous,” US President Joe Biden told reporters in Delaware. “It’s going to increase starvation.”
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Russia Suspends Ukraine Grain Export Deal; Biden Slams Move