As Ukraine Grain Deadline Approaches, Pact Is Already Broken
- UN-brokered deal has been hamstrung by slow vessel inspections
- Advocates say lapse could raise costs for Ukrainian exporters
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Global leaders are racing to salvage an international deal to allow Ukraine’s grain shipments by sea before it expires in less than two weeks.
They face a key problem: the pact, already extended three times, is nearly defunct.