BRUSSELS — The European Commission wants to prevent Russia from using farm products as a tool to wreak havoc on the EU market and is moving to impose tariffs on grain imports from Russia and Belarus. The tariffs are also aimed at denying Russia revenue, because they will effectively suppress exports to the EU, the … Read more
CYWINY WOJSKIE, Poland — Piotr Korycki picks up a handful of wheat and watches as the yellow grains run through his fingers. All around him, grain is piled high in a warehouse on his farm north of the Polish capital: hundreds of tons of wheat, rye and corn left over from last year’s harvest that … Read more
CNN’s Brianna Keilar on Thursday warned viewers to buckle up ahead of a lengthy fact check of the multiple lies that Donald Trump told outside court following the closing arguments in his civil fraud trial in New York. “We just have to fact-check a lot and, brace yourself, because this is going to take a … Read more
KYIV, Ukraine — A civilian cargo ship struck a Russian mine in the Black Sea near Ukraine’s Danube ports Thursday, injuring two sailors, officials and analysts said, in an incident that underscored the dangers faced by those exporting Ukrainian grain during the war. The Panama-flagged vessel struck the floating mine during stormy weather as it … Read more
Grain is transferred to a truck from Wieslaw Gryn’s farm in Rogow, Poland, on Sept. 19. (Karolina Jonderko for The Washington Post) Updated September 25, 2023 at 2:50 p.m. EDT|Published September 25, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. EDT Comment on this storyComment ROGOW, Poland — There is so much grain at Wieslaw Gryn’s farm in eastern … Read more
Comment on this storyComment DNIPRO, Ukraine — Russia launched drones and missiles at the Black Sea port of Odessa in an overnight attack on Monday, Ukrainian officials said — the latest assault on Ukraine’s vital agriculture sector as Moscow seeks to exploit divisions between Kyiv and its European neighbors over grain exports. Granaries were destroyed … Read more
KYIV, Ukraine — A Russian drone and missile strike near Odesa damaged port infrastructure, a grain silo and an abandoned hotel and injured one person, as attacks on Ukraine killed four civilians and wounded 13 in the past day, Ukrainian officials said Monday. Ukraine’s air force reported downing all Russian drones overnight, but one of … Read more
Touch upon this storyComment WARSAW — Poland, certainly one of Ukraine’s staunchest backers within the battle towards Russia’s invasion, stated it was halting new weapons shipments to Kyiv, as tensions over grain exports continued to escalate between Ukraine and its Central European neighbors. “We’re not transferring any weapons, as a result of we are going … Read more
September 16, 2023 at 2:05 a.m. EDT Agricultural employees harvest barley within the Chernihiv area of Ukraine on Aug. 30. (Pierre Crom/Getty Photographs) The European Fee’s block on grain shipments from Ukraine into 5 bordering European Union nations expired Friday, prompting Poland, Hungary and Slovakia to impose import restrictions of their very own. Restricted entry … Read more
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday sought to influence Russian President Vladimir Putin to revive an settlement that allowed Ukraine to export grain and different commodities from three Black Sea ports regardless of the warfare with Russia. Putin in July refused to increase the settlement, which was brokered by Turkey and the United Nations … Read more