PREMIUM TIMES
In his first official response to Russia’s suspension of the ‘Grain from Ukraine’ programme, President Volodymyr Zelensky Monday in Kyiv said his country will find alternative routes to reach Africa and Asia, in a bid to keep food prices down and prevent starvation in destination countries of the export following Russia’s current offensive move.
President Zelensky said this at the Office of the President of Ukraine, while welcoming half a dozen international media executives currently on a fact-finding mission sponsored by the Public Interest Journalism Lab based in Kyiv led by the famous Ukrainian journalist, Nataliya Gumenyek.
The ‘Grain from Ukraine’ programme is a UN and Turkish-brokered arrangement that lets Ukraine export grain to African and Asian markets through the Black Sea port of Odesa in South East Ukraine.
“This is not the first time it has done this,” Mr Zelensky said, remarking that Russia “is constantly provoking to disrupt this…
