Ukraine's president warns Russian 'mass destruction' threatens world
Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Joe Biden each told the U.N. there are global stakes in the outcome of the war.
Black Sea Grain Initiative
The Black Sea Grain Initiative was an agreement to ensure the safe export of grain and foodstuffs from three of Ukraine's ports. Signed in July 2022 by Ukraine, Russia, Turkey, and the U.N., it was a critical step in addressing the global food crisis before it expired in July 2023.
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Erdoğan shows confidence Russia will rejoin Black Sea grain deal
Putin says Russia won't rejoin until the West meets its demands to ease shipping of Russian agricultural exports.
Putin and Erdoğan to meet over grain deal as U.N. bids to revive it
Talks are planned for Russia’s Black Sea resort of Sochi almost two months since Russia pulled out of the U.N.-brokered deal.
Global food prices jump after Russia scraps U.N.-brokered grain deal
Increasing rice prices from India's ban “raises substantial food security concerns for a large swath of the world population."
World grapples with food insecurity as Putin blocks grain from Ukraine
The U.N. said Russia has been forcing up food prices globally by preventing grain from reaching international markets.
Russia halts landmark grain deal in major setback to fighting hunger
The U.N.-brokered Black Sea Grain Initiative signed between the world body, Russia, Ukraine and Turkey in July 2022 has been vital to allow food supplies to reach global markets.
Ukraine grain shipments slow in Russian bid to export ammonia
Moscow wants the transit of ammonia, a key ingredient in nitrogen-based fertilizers, to resume in Ukrainian territory.
Russia sticks to Ukraine grain deal after U.N.-brokered negotiations
The Black Sea Grain Initiative, a U.N.-brokered agreement signed between the world body, Russia, Ukraine and Turkey on July 22, 2022, will now continue at least until mid-July.
U.N.-brokered Black Sea grain deal extended for at least two months
The Black Sea Grain Initiative, a U.N.-brokered agreement with Russia, Ukraine and Turkey on July 22, 2022, was reauthorized once again.
U.N.-brokered deal for grain shipments extended four months
The extension of a wartime agreement with Russia will continue to allow Ukraine's grain shipments to be exported.
U.N. meets amid state of 'permanent' emergency
U.N. leaders summoned heads of state and government to the General Assembly's annual high-level meeting with unmasked alarm and consternation.
First ships sail from Ukraine in grain deal with Russia, Turkey and U.N.
Several grain ships left Ukrainian ports under a U.N.-brokered deal that could help ease the global food crisis.
Russian attack on Ukraine flouts U.N. grain deal
Russia struck Ukraine's port of Odesa, violating the deal brokered by Turkey and the United Nations that Moscow and Kyiv signed less than a day earlier.