![]() ![]() Arms shipments from the West, nonetheless, routinely enter Ukraine through its land border with European Union countries. Ukraine in turn has agreed to allow Turkish officials to inspect ships coming to Ukraine as they pass through the Bosporus straits, thus ensuring that they are not used to smuggle weapons into the war zone. Under the deal, Russia will agree not to attack any ships carrying grain or other agricultural products leaving or entering Ukraine's ports, and to allow such ships to be escorted through the mined approaches to those ports. The two countries accounted for nearly one-third of all global wheat exports last year, according to UN data, and much of those exports go to poor countries in Asia and North Africa with precarious food balances. The deal gives much-needed relief to world grain markets, which have suffered this year from disruptions to exports from the Black Sea, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February. Ukrainian media have already reported earlier in the day that its government representatives intended to sign. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu will sign the agreement, brokered by the United Nations and the Turkish government, in Istanbul on Friday. Russia will sign an agreement with Ukraine on Friday guaranteeing safe passage for exports of grain and other agricultural products from the war-torn country's ports.
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