The Black Sea grain initiative has helped Ukraine reach its best agricultural exports in three years. Less than a year into the deal – not taking into account its interruptions due to Russia  – about 1,000 dry cargo ships exported more than 30 million tonnes of grain from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports, which is 60 percent of Ukraine’s total grain exports.

That is why Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy is calling on saving the grain corridor.

"The Black Sea grain initiative can and should carry on. If it’s without Russia, then so be it. The agreement on grain exports, with Turkey and the UN, remains in force. The only thing that is needed now is its careful implementation and the world’s decisive pressure on the terrorist state," he said the other day.

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