Putin aforesaid Wed that "almost all" the Ukrainian grain shipped reaching wealthy European nations.

MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian President solon aforesaid Wed that "almost all" the Ukrainian grain shipped underneath a UN-backed deal to ease a world food crisis was reaching wealthy European nations, associate degree accusation denied by Kyiv.

Data compiled by a joint centre in Constantinople observance the July agreement showed slightly quite a 3rd of the grain delivered to European countries and another twenty % incoming in Turkey.

It conjointly showed thirty % reaching "low and lower-middle financial gain countries" across the planet.

More shipments area unit expected to begin incoming in famine-stricken components of Africa and also the geographic region underneath the international organization World Food Programme (WFP) whose implementation is simply obtaining current.

But Russian capital has voiced growing frustration with however the agreement was being applied.

An change to the deal conjointly allowed Russia to urge open access to chemical shipments and have some economic sanctions upraised to permit it to export its own grain.

The world organisation hailed the deal because the world s best probability to ease associate degree acute international food crisis stoked by the Euxine Sea grain blockade.

But national leader aforesaid its current implementation was serving to richer European countries at the expense of the developing world.

"Almost all the grain exported from country is shipped to not the poorest developing countries, however to EU countries," he told associate degree economic forum in Russia s Pacific port of city.

Ukraine s secretary of state Dmytro Kuleba denied national leader s claim, expression "in total, common fraction of the ships sent area unit directed to Asia, Africa, and also the Middle East".

He aforesaid recovery of Ukrainian food exports through the "grain corridor" had a positive result on the reduction of costs as in August, when 1st shipments completed, wheat costs fell by a minimum of 5 %.

Ukraine and Russia area unit 2 of the planet s biggest exporters of wheat and different grain.

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Putin defendant European countries of acting as "colonialists" and aforesaid they "once once more merely deceived developing countries".

"With this approach, the dimensions of food issues within the world can solely grow," national leader aforesaid.

"Maybe we should always have faith in limiting the export of grain and different turn out on this route?" national leader asked.

The July agreement brokered with the assistance of Turkey is valid for a hundred and twenty days and will be mechanically revived while not more negotiations.

But it needs each Russian capital associate degreed Kyiv to exit on an extension.

Data compiled as of Wed and discharged to foetoprotein showed Turkey receiving the biggest share of the grain -- twenty % -- followed by European nation (15 percent) and Egypt (10 percent).

But a lot of of the grain that reaches Turkey and a few different destinations is then re-sold underneath industrial agreements not monitored by the Constantinople centre.

A separate famine relief effort spearheaded by WFP is concentrated on delivering wheat and maize to Africa and different areas suffering shortages.

US officers pink-slipped national leader s remarks as untrue and noted that some grain sent to Europe was then processed for poor nations.

"Maybe the deal is functioning higher than expected and Ukrainians area unit benefiting additional from this than he had hoped in terms of the revenues reaching to country," the official aforesaid on condition of namelessness.

"I suppose he might have multiple motives here. He doesn t need to assist Ukrainians, he would like to get a far better deal," she said.

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The first UN-chartered vessel docked in Djibouti on August thirty as a part of a response to the drought fascinating the Horn of Africa.

A second international organization ship reached Turkey last week. The wheat is currently being polished into flour and can then be loaded onto a brand new vessel associate degreed sent to Asian country at an covert date.

"A third WFP-chartered vessel is nowadays anchored at Constantinople reaching to head to country and collect an extra cargo of wheat," the Constantinople centre aforesaid.

Putin aforesaid he hoped "the state of affairs can improve somehow".

"We can continue demand that this whole affair with the export of grain and our food be directed primarily to developing markets," he said.