Russia has demonstrated it is prepared to leverage global food security for its own political aim, according to the UK's Ministry of Defence
The Kremlin said that Mr Putin told them he was willing to discuss ways to make it possible for Ukraine to resume grain shipments from the Black Sea.
Last week, the Russian military declared Azovstal and all of Mariupol"completely liberated" and reported that more than 2,400 fighters had come out of the last pocket of Ukrainian resistance in the besieged city. Though he dismissed the idea of using force to win back all the land his country has lost to Russia since 2014 - which includes the southern peninsula of Crimea.
Mr Putin's forces have been making slow, solid gains in eastern Ukraine's Donbas in recent days - marking a subtle momentum shift in the war, now in its fourth month.A Donetsk People's Republic militia's multiple rocket launcher fires from its position not far from Panteleimonivka in eastern Ukraine However, Ukraine's deputy defence minister, Hanna Malyar, said the battle for Lyman continued, according to the ZN.ua website.
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