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Images of the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin leaving a UN building following talks on renewing the Ukraine grain export deal. Russia has agreed to renew the accord but only for another 60 days. IMAGES
Russia and Ukraine sign a landmark deal with the United Nations and Turkey on resuming grain shipments that could ease a global food crisis in which millions face hunger. IMAGES
Sergei Lavrov leaves in a car after landing at Esenboga airport in Ankara. The Russian Foreign Minister is in Turkey for a two-day visit for talks on unblocking grain exports from Ukraine, which have been stalled by Moscow's offensive. IMAGES
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky warns European leaders that Russia's Vladimir Putin would exploit any failure to agree to launch his country's EU membership talks. "People in Europe won't see any benefit if Moscow receives a pass from Brussels in the form of negativity towards Ukraine. Putin will surely use this against you personally and against all of Europe," Zelensky tells an EU summit by videolink. SOUNDBITE ++ TEXT 347R2JH
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan calls for Russia not to be "marginalised" in talks aimed at reviving a key deal to export Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea. "No process that marginalises Russia on the Black Sea grain initiative will be viable," Erdogan tells reporters after the close of the G20 summit in New Delhi. He also announced a forthcoming meeting on the issue between representatives from Russia, Ukraine and the United Nations, without specifying a precise date or location. SOUNDBITE
French President Emmanuel Macron says Russian President Vladimir Putin made a terrible mistake in pulling out of the deal to protect Black Sea grain exports. "He decided to weaponize food, and I think this is a huge mistake," Macron says. SOUNDBITE