A deal allowing Ukraine to export grain via the Black Sea expired at the end of Monday after Russia said it would suspend its participation.
The deal, brokered by the United Nations and Turkey last July, aimed to alleviate a global food crisis by allowing Ukrainian grain blocked by the Russia-Ukraine conflict to be exported safely.
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