Ukraine says grain coming to Somalia, but Russia skeptical

By CARA ANNA and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
Associated Press

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ukraine’s president says tons of grain from his country will arrive in the coming weeks in Somalia, where famine approaches and the global crises of food security and climate change put millions at risk. But Russian President Vladimir Putin accuses the West of sending most of the grain from Ukraine’s reopened ports to Europe instead of poorer and hungrier parts of the world. Putin suggests that Russia may talk to Turkey about revising the deal that lifted Russia’s blockade on Ukrainian ports and allowed ships safe passage. The U.N. says 47% of cargo so far has gone to Asia, 36% to Europe and 17% to Africa.