Zelensky says 75m tons of grain could be stuck in Ukraine by spring

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday there could be as much as 75 million tons of grain stuck in Ukraine by the European autumn (SA spring) and that Kyiv wanted anti-ship weapons that could secure the safe passage of its exports.

Ukraine, Zelensky told a briefing in Kyiv, has been discussing with Britain and Turkey the idea of a third country's navy guaranteeing the passage of Ukrainian grain exports through the Russia-dominated Black Sea.

The strongest guarantee of their safe passage though would be Ukrainian weaponry, he told reporters.