Boris Johnson Says Plan B Needed to Export Food out of Ukraine

Boris Johnson Says Plan B Needed to Export Food out of Ukraine
Wheat grains in a grain storage facility on a farm near Izmail, in the Odessa region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, on June 14, 2022. Oleksandr Gimanov/AFP via Getty Images
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The United Nations’ plan to negotiate a safe corridor for Ukraine’s grain exports to get past the Russian blockade is probably a “non-starter,” British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on June 25.

He urged world leaders to think about a “plan B,” and offered the UK’s expertise on remote de-mining and maritime insurance for commercial vessels to get at least 23 million tons of grain out through the Black Sea.