Warship . File photoMADRID, May 28 The European Union fears starvation in countries dependent on grain, and therefore is exploring the possibility of a naval mission to help export agricultural products from Ukraine, Pais reports citing sources. “The EU summit in Brussels on Monday will address the growing risk of famine in countries dependent on Ukraine’s agricultural exports… The EU is ready to mobilize all possible resources to facilitate the export of grain accumulated in Ukrainian granaries and ports. Even the possibility of implementing naval mission to escort cargo ships from Ukraine across the Black Sea,” the newspaper reports. such an operation is fraught with a strong risk of possible incidents with the Russian fleet. Earlier, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that Rossi I do not interfere with the export of Ukrainian grain, logistical problems arose through the fault of Kyiv, its troops mined their seaports. The Foreign Ministry added that «the talk about Russia's allegedly blocking the export of Ukrainian grain in the Black Sea ports and the resulting deficit in the grain market is nothing but speculation.» A former employee of the Odessa sea harbor told RIA Novosti that Ukraine is exporting wheat reserves from storage facilities in the port of Odessa by alternative routes under pressure from the European Union, despite the threat of a grain shortage in the country itself.
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