The UK Foreign Office has accused Russia of using “food as a weapon” at the expense of the world’s most vulnerable, after the Kremlin declared that the landmark deal allowing the safe passage of Ukrainian grain exports through the Black Sea has “de facto ended.”
Moscow announced its decision to pull out of the pact – brokered by the UN and Turkey last July – just hours after it condemned Ukrainian forces for launching a “terrorist attack” on the Kerch bridge, Russia’s only road connection to Crimea. It also accused Kyiv’s western allies of helping to carry out the ambush.
