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A crew member prepares a grain analysis for a control made by members of the Joint Coordination Center (JCC) onboard the Barbados-flagged ship "Nord Vind" coming from Ukraine, loaded with grain and anchored in Istanbul, on Oct. 11, 2022. Yasin Akgul/AFP via Getty Images
Russia has announced its withdrawal from a United Nations-brokered agreement with Ukraine that had guaranteed the safe shipment of Ukrainian wheat through the Black Sea.
The move came in response to a drone attack on Russian naval vessels docked in the Crimean port of Sevastopol, for which Moscow has blamed Ukrainian forces working in tandem with British military “specialists.”