The task is gigantic.
“
We need to get 20 million tonnes of cereals out of Ukraine in less than three months
,” explains Adina Valean, European Commissioner for Transport.
Faced with this logistical headache, Brussels is acting as an intermediary to help Kyiv circumvent the Russian blockade of the main Ukrainian ports and facilitate transport by road and rail across EU member states.
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Before the war, 75% of Ukraine's grain production was exported mainly to Europe, China and Africa.
Shipping was almost entirely from Ukrainian Black Sea ports, now blocked by Russia.
This jeopardizes global food security.
Ukraine cannot release the storage sites for the next harvest.
Hence the urgency to act by the end of July, before the harvest.
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