As widely expected, Russia announced on Monday that it will not extend the United Nations-led Black Sea corridor for the export of Ukrainian grain.
“The Black Sea agreements ceased to be valid today,” Russian government spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in his daily press briefing, according to his Telegram channel.
“The part of the deal concerning Russia has not been fulfilled [and] as soon as the Russian part is completed [fulfilled], the Russian side … will return to this deal immediately.”
