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"Ukraine is ready to continue deliveries": Zelensky spoke about the withdrawal of the Russian Federation from the "Grain Agreement"

The Ukrainian leader noted that Russia was disrupting its arrangements with the UN and Turkey, while there were no agreements with Moscow in Kiev. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky commented on the refusal of the Russian Federation to continue the "grain agreement". Presidential press secretary Sergei Nikiforov wrote about it on Facebook on July 17.

According to the speaker, Vladimir Zelensky said in an interview with African journalists that there were no agreements with Russia in Ukraine, so, talking about the stop of the "grain agreement", Moscow disrupts its arrangements with the UN and Turkey. "We had two agreements: Ukraine, Turkey, UN; another agreement - Russia, Turkey, the UN," the President explained.

Volodymyr Zelensky said that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine had ordered official UN and Ankara signals to continue the "grain initiative". According to the President, it is necessary to ensure the further use of the Black Sea corridor. "We are not afraid. We were approached by companies that are owners of ships. They said they are ready if Ukraine is released and Turkey would miss - everyone is ready to continue the supply of grain," the President of Ukraine said.

We will remind that in the Russian Federation on the day of the explosion on the Crimean bridge, on July 17, they declared the termination of the "grain agreement". According to the Kremlin Prescriber Dmitry Peskov, part of the agreements concerning the Russian Federation was not fulfilled.