Ukraine finally secured a deal aimed at restarting crucial Black Sea grain exports that have been crippled by Russia¡¯s invasion. But getting them going won¡¯t be easy.
Government officials from Kyiv and Moscow on Friday signed parallel agreements with Turkey and the United Nations at a meeting in Istanbul intended to help revive shipments from one of the world¡¯s top wheat, corn and vegetable-oil exporters. That could be good news for a strained global food market and a Ukrainian economy that¡¯s been wrecked by the war.
Yet even now with the accord, it will take time for traders and officials to kick-start the flows. Ukraine faces the task of clearing a pathway in mined seas, finding enough ships to carry the backlogged grain and re-routing trains and trucks that are now being used elsewhere. Getting insurance to cover operations is a challenge, too.
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