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Ukraine offers Russia proposal to halt Black Sea civilian attacks

Ukraine offers Russia proposal to halt Black Sea civilian attacks
Ukraine offers Russia proposal to halt attacks on civilian targets in the Black Sea: Report · wionews.com

Ukraine and Russia are two countries that grow a lot of the world's food.

They are fighting, and they have been attacking each other's ships in the Black Sea.

This is scary for people around the world, because it could make food harder to get.

Ukraine said it sent Russia a plan to stop attacking civilian ships and ports.

Russia says it never received such a plan.

Many ships stopped going to Ukraine's port of Odesa because they were afraid.

Ukraine had to use different routes to send out its grain.

Russia also had problems, because its port of Novorossiysk stopped working for a day after an attack.

When people heard about Ukraine's plan, the price of wheat in Europe went down.

Both countries blame each other for the attacks.

Key facts

Parties
Ukraine and Russia
Proposal
Halt attacks on civilian targets in the Black Sea
How delivered
Through a third party
Reported by
Reuters, citing a source
Ukrainian port affected
Odesa
Russian port affected
Novorossiysk
Russian official response
No formal ceasefire proposal received (Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko)
Market impact
European wheat prices fell from a two-week high on Thursday

Quotes

Alexander Grushko

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister

“Recently, we have been hearing many calls for various kinds of moratoriums and truces. These ideas are being put forward through various channels, but we have not received any formal proposals.”
wionews.com

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