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epa10708428 Ukrainian farmers harvest grain in the Odesa region, south Ukraine, 23 June 2023 amid the Russian invasion. Kyiv and Moscow on 22 July 2022 signed a deal to resume Ukrainian grain exports from Black Sea ports which would ease an international food crisis. The deal was brokered by the UN and Turkey. On 17 May 2023, the deal that allows Ukraine to export grain across the Black Sea has been extended for two months. Russia had been threatening to pull out of the deal, saying Western sanctions were hampering its own agricultural exports. Russian troops on 24 February entered Ukrainian territory, starting a conflict that has provoked destruction and a humanitarian crisis. EPA/IGOR TKACHENKO