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By Nigel Hunt and Naveen Thukral LONDON/SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Grain was flowing out of Ukraine at a record pace on Monday under an initiative led by the United Nations aimed at easing global food shortages despite Russia warning it was risky to continue after it pulled out of the pact. Russia said on Monday that the deal was hardly feasible as it was impossible to guarantee the safety of shipping after its withdrawal over the weekend following what it said was a major Ukrainian drone attack on its fleet in Crimea. Other participants, however, were pressing ahead with the deal while France said ...

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Wednesday said his country may need to turn to Russia to fulfil its fuel needs amid rising global energy prices. Speaking to the Manila Overseas Press Club, Marcos, who is also the country's agriculture minister, said his country may also deal with Russia for supply of fertiliser. (Reporting by Karen Lema; Editing by Martin Petty)

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations expects to see a big uptick in applications for ships to export Ukraine grain after transit procedures were agreed by Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the United Nations, a senior U.N. official said on Wednesday. The number of inbound vessels is expected to grow in the near future as grain deals are made, said Frederick Kenney, interim U.N. Coordinator at the Joint Coordination Centre in Istanbul, which oversees a deal between Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the United Nations to resume Ukraine grain exports. (Reporting by Michelle Nichols; Editing by Chris...

By Madeline Chambers and Can Sezer BERLIN/ISTANBUL (Reuters) -The deal between Moscow and Kyiv to unblock Ukrainian grain exports may offer a way forward to a possible ceasefire in the five-month conflict, said former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, a friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The first grain-carrying ship to leave Ukrainian ports in wartime safely anchored off Turkey's coast on Tuesday and is due to be inspected on Wednesday. The good news is that the Kremlin wants a negotiated solution, Schroeder told Stern weekly and broadcasters RTL/ntv on Wednesday, adding he had me...

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