

Russia said their decision not to extend the Black Sea grain deal is final and no more talks are planned, state news agency Tass quoted a senior Russian official at the UN as saying on Monday, according to Reuters. It had been extended several times, but was due to expire today. Russia pulled out of Black Sea grain export deal, brokered by the UN and Turkey last July, aimed to alleviate a global food crisis by allowing Ukrainian grain blocked by the Russia-Ukraine conflict to be exported safely. Two people, a mother and father, have been killed and their daughter injured in an “emergency” on the Kursk Bridge linking the peninsula with the Russian region of Krasnodar, Russian authorities say. Join us tomorrow for further developments in the Russia-Ukraine war. This regime is terrorist and has all the hallmarks of an international organised crime group.” She said: “Today’s attack on the Crimean bridge was carried out by the Kyiv regime. She did not provide any evidence and Ukraine did not confirm or deny her account.

Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said the attack was carried out by Kyiv. The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, demanded concrete proposals on ensuring the security of the bridge linking southern Russia to Crimea after what he called a “terrorist act” in the early hours of the morning that caused serious damage.

Russia said its decision not to extend the Black Sea grain deal was final with no more talks planned, state news agency Tass reported. It had been extended several times, but was due to expire today.Īntony Blinken, the US secretary of state, said Russia’s decision to pull out of the Black Sea grain initiative was “unconscionable” and called for the year-old pact to be restored as quickly as possible, Reuters reported. Russia pulled out of the Black Sea grain export deal, brokered by the UN and Turkey a year ago to alleviate a global food crisis by allowing Ukrainian grain blocked by the Russia-Ukraine conflict to be exported safely. Here is a summary of what has happened today:
