BREAKING: Russia and Ukraine have signed separate agreements with Turkey and the United Nations, ending a wartime standoff that had threatened food security around the globe. 9News
Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov signed separate deals with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar.A farmer collects harvest on a field around a crater left by a Russian rocket ten kilometres from the front line in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine."A beacon of hope, a beacon of possibility, a beacon of relief in a world that needs it more than ever.
Ukrainian and Russian military delegations had reached a tentative agreement last week on a UN plan that would also allow Russia to export its grain and fertilizers. Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukraine's president, stressed on Friday that Ukraine and Russia would sign separate agreements, saying Ukraine "does not sign any documents with Russia".
It would "bring relief for developing countries on the edge of bankruptcy and the most vulnerable people on the edge of famine." The deal makes provisions for the safe passage of ships. A control centre will be established in Istanbul, staffed by UN, Turkish, Russian and Ukrainian officials, to run and coordinate the process. Ships would undergo inspections to ensure they are not carrying weapons.Podolyak insisted that no Russian ship would escort vessels and that there would be no Russian representative present at Ukrainian ports.
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