In July, the United Nations brokered a deal with Russia to restart Ukrainian shipments of food that were halted in the early weeks of the war. The agreement created a “humanitarian corridor” in the Black Sea for sending grain abroad, with ships inspected by UN, Turkish, Russian and Ukrainian authorities. Ukraine says the deal is not meeting expectations, and it’s blaming Russia. The World’s Daniel Ofman reports from the Ukrainian port city of Odesa.
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