The United States has no plans to involve the US military in exporting grain from Ukraine.
RBC-Ukraina reported this with reference to a US Department of Defense briefing.
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby emphasized that russia is turning food and economic aid to other countries into weapons.
He added that Moscow wants the sanctions to be canceled before it unblocks Ukrainian seaports and stops hindering grain exports.
The Prime Minister of Italy, Mario Draghi, and the President of russia, Volodymyr Putin, discussed how to resolve the food crisis. In the conversation, Putin demanded the cancelation of russia's sanctions in exchange for exports of grain and fertilizers.