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Over 20 million tonnes of last year's crop still cannot reach their destinations because of Russia's blockade of Ukraine's Black Sea ports.
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell decries Russia's attack on the Ukrainian port city Mariupol as "a massive war crime", as the bloc discusses imposing more sanctions on Moscow. SOUNDBITE
The accusation came from the EU's chief diplomat Josep Borrell, who said Russia must immediately stop striking residential areas and blocking access for aid convoys.View on euronews
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
Swedish Prime Minister, Ulf Kristersson, says a Russian strike on a residential block in Dnipro on Saturday the 14th of January, which killed at least 40 people, constitutes a "war crime". "Innocent civilians, including children, lost their lives or were wounded in this horrific attack" he says, "let me be very clear, intentional attacks against civilians are war crimes".