As the European Commission lifted the temporary bans on Ukrainian grain, its neighboring countries, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary imposed national-level restrictions of their own. This is an outcome the EC was trying to avoid, Euro News reports. Ukraine has been exporting its grain by land, through the countries around it since the grain deal fell through and it couldn’t use sea transport anymore.
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Russia said it would again uphold the agreement to guarantee the safe passage of the ships carrying grain from Ukraine. In a previous move, it had paused its participation in the deal for a few days.
