that's why the russians can download anything they want. well, at the very end, mr. budanov, the head of the main intelligence department, said that ukraine is ready to help moldova return transnistria to its own, and expel the russians from there, so we will believe in this is thank you very much for being with us. i say goodbye. you will be with espresso by sunday. pay attention to the air alarms , although somehow in the meantime there is nothing. well, but still, and now, in a family from ukraine, for your attention, we are watching together on the bbc news ukraine in the studio olga palamaryuk and today in the program "historical day in turkey" signed an agreement on the export of ukrainian grain, what exactly was agreed upon and whether these agreements do not carry new risks. how will the istanbul agreement help the ukrainian economy? all this time, ukraine had to look for other ways to export food and stolen steel. russia exports from

mariupol, metal nas 600 million dollars, this was announced by the head of ukraine's largest metallurgical holding, metinvest , in istanbul, they signed an agreement on the export of ukrainian grain through the black sea, this day in the world are called historic, because the parties could not reach an agreement for several months. the negotiations themselves appeared to be prolonged from the middle of july. the ukrainian side was represented at the meeting by the minister of infrastructure oleksandr kubrakov. it is worth noting that the agreement consists of two parts. ukraine signed the agreement with turkey and the un, and russia also signed it with turkey and the un. there is no agreement between kyiv and moscow,

the russian side was represented by the minister of defense shigu, by the way. chornomorsk vessels will follow safe routes that were determined together with the military. the process will be supervised by a group of inspectors consisting of representatives of all four parties. they will check cargo and personnel heading to or leaving ukrainian ports. during the same period, according to the ukrainian minister of infrastructure, the signed documents do not provide for any easing of sanctions or concessions by russia on the front, and the un secretary general called the agreement is a beacon of hope, and in an interview with the bbc, antonio guterres noted that the restoration of grain exports is important not only for ukraine, but for many other countries that are at risk of famine, more than the others, here you go. present momen is exactly what we need

now, since developing countries are in a critical situation with prices skyrocketing and many people are at risk of starvation so it is the moral duty of everyone involved in this process to ensure its success is it also a moral question at a time when russia is killing women and children and we see it every day, i saw it in ukraine, you were there in ukraine and saw the consequences of the russian attacks, but here we are, when russia receives a reward, russia concludes an agreement that will help it bring its food and fertilizers to the world market, some perceive it as a payment to russia. sorry, but it's totally wrong to reward siya it was the main need of international markets but russia benefits from exports russia benefits much more from fuel exports i mean it's not comparable volume and we continue

watching how russia exports oil and gas to several european countries and other countries of the world, this is where big business is, but you understand that some people in the world will perceive that the un is helping russia to do business at a time when russia is killing women and children in ukraine every day. no, we are helping ukraine , which has grain stored in silos that needs to be taken out until the next harvest to protect it and so that farmers can once again grow grain and produce sunflower oil. it was vital for ukraine. for the russian federation, it is vital. is it important to ukraine in your opinion, is there a chance to try to develop this agreement for broader peace talks because in reality what we see is how day by day russia is capturing more and more territory in ukraine

peace seems very far uh present moment it no conditions with fored true, i am very worried about the fact that at the moment there are no conditions for a real peace process, it is clear not even for a global ceasefire, i do not think that we are and before that i hope that this agreement can be the first step that will inspire to do it possible in the future. when you came to kyiv. you yourself were in buch and borodyanka. you were obviously very moved by what you saw. negotiations with russia and in mowing sleep izy of course it is not easy, but i mean that the secretary general of the un should feel a duty to the whole world, no matter how

strong the emotions were when i visited the places you just mentioned today. it was very emotionally to also sign this agreement this is probably the most important thing i have done since i became the secretary general of the un doing am secrecy and the president of turkey recep erdogan who made a lot of effort to make the agreement possible said that today's event will allow food prices to be restrained and added that turkey is proud of what role played in the initiative why istanbul became such an important place where it was possible to reach an agreement bbc viewer anna foster analyzes there are two reasons why turkey plays such an important role in everything this is the first geopolitical one, it is one of the few countries that has good relations not only with the west, but also with russia and with ukraine, they can talk to both leaders, so they were a really important partner and actually made this agreement

possible during the last 2-3 months, the second reason is geographical all these ships that have to go from the black sea to the outer waters and around the world they have to pass through a small channel this magical bosphorus that you see behind me if you want to check these ships if you want to organize turkey is an absolutely necessary country for all of this that's why they were so important today they say they will create a joint coordination center here in istanbul from the moment this agreement starts working turkey will continue to play an important role it will play the role of mediator between ukraine and russia will be an important part of those teams that they will check the vessels will monitor the transport corridors will monitor that everything is according to the plan one step aside from the plan from the agreements everything can fall apart therefore, turkey and the un will continue to be very important stops, so let's talk more about how the agreement was

reacted to in kyiv, and my colleague viktoriya zhugan is in touch, congratulations, tell me what they actually say in kyiv, are they satisfied with today's agreements , official kyiv will present this agreement first of all with from an economic point of view, the ministry of infrastructure emphasizes that this agreement will allow ukraine to earn a lot of money and free up the export of grain from the warehouses currently occupied by it, in particular, the minister of infrastructure reminded that more than 20 million tons of grain are now waiting for export and they are taking up space in warehouses for the new harvest, and the problem with warehouses is also because russia is targeting them and they explode and burn in addition to this, the deputy minister of infrastructure said today that this agreement, if it is successfully implemented,

will allow ukraine to receive up to one billion dollars monthly, and he emphasized that this is support for the ukrainian economy and also for the armed forces of ukraine. the agreement has already been made public. have you seen it and what details are known? photocopies of the representative of the president's office, andrii sibiga , appeared on facebook. according to russia, these are two mirror agreements, the document also shows that a joint coordination center will be created under the auspices of the un and with the participation of turkey, russia and ukraine, and inspections will take place with the participation of these parties in turkish waters and they will check

in particular, are there no ships on board, nor people , nor goods that should not be there, in particular, it is said that it should only be the export of food . and tell me, is there already an understanding when these ships with grain will start leaving these three black sea ports, the ukrainian authorities say that after this agreement will take several weeks for such exports to start. of course, we talked about ukraine. we talked and everything is clear here. and what does russia get from this agreement? well, in fact, it was important for russia, as well as for ukraine, to get a way to export its food and fertilizers, first of all, secondly, as a result of russian aggression, many international companies did not want to cooperate with russia, so

russia had difficulties with ships, now with ships for export, now this problem will obviously not exist, in addition to this, now the argument that russia seems to be using the food crisis as a means of pressure in the war with ukraine, and in the end, as follows from the agreement, the texts of which we saw on the photocopy, now these joint inspections , joint checks with the participation of russia, will be able to to make sure that no weapons enter ukraine via the black sea. and this is one of the special points that russia talked about. and how this agreement can affect the course of the war itself, the ukrainian authorities today assure that this agreement will not in any way restrain the actions of the armed forces of the armed forces in particular, he emphasized

mustafa nayem and indeed, the text of the agreement does not provide for anything like that, at the same time, for example, although the agreement does not provide for demining, in the action plan, there are no plans for demining the ukrainian waters of the black sea, but it says that if necessary demining and the availability of better anti -aircraft defense weapons for ukraine can also discuss such issues. these are the questions raised by skeptics, critics and experts regarding this agreement, because the main concern in ukraine is, of course, whether russia will use this agreement, this new the opportunity to attack odesa and the south of ukraine, just as this agreement does not foresee, for example, the withdrawal of these warships and the name of the black sea. thank you , viktor, this was bbc correspondent victoria zhugan

after the full-scale invasion of russia, the export of ukrainian grain was actually put on hold, the situation changed a little only recently, after the deoccupation of the island, snake grain began to be exported through the danube ports. in general, according to the un, at the beginning of may, 25 million tons of grain could not be exported from ukraine, and at the beginning of july, zelenskyi estimated the amount of blocked grain in the amount of 22 million tons , all this, as we mentioned more than once on the air, led to an increase in food prices, well, worldwide wheat prices increased by more than 60%, which hit poor countries first of all, but even in the most difficult periods, ukraine, together with its partners, sought and found ways to export from

hungary . this corn will be sent to italy for fodder by a belt in narrow-kneed european wagons, we have more than three and a half thousand customers who have a lot of grain, they come to us and say we have to export but we can't we don't have supply chains to europe and it's a problem for them in this situation we have to help our farmers do everything they can to survive the technology is old and inefficient a lot of time is spent waiting for trains shunting cars very slow but that's all it works this year, three hundred thousand tons of ukrainian grain were transported by tracks through hungary, this is a logistics chain and each chain is as strong as its nayslav shalanka, unfortunately, weak parts of the chain

only four freight trains such as this one with about 30 cars each come from ukraine to hungary every day, it is simply impossible to increase their number, there is simply no necessary infrastructure, there were not enough locomotives, cars, personnel lifts, constanta in romania, the main sea line has been nearby since roman times, and now also the largest in the entire black sea with six five million tons of cargo every year brought to a terrible state in the 90s in the last 15 years it has undergone a major renovation and this has helped it to be ready for of the ukrainian war constance is ideal for helping ukraine, at the same time it is also a window to the world for goods from all over central europe, the barley that is loaded next to me from romania and serbia will go to tuna, the war in ukraine has significantly added to the volume of transport through constance and to the problems it faces the port is again on the constancy board

, nothing has ever been blocked here, there is no blockade. yes, it was very crowded here, but the port is able to regulate this problem with grain. currently, work is underway to strengthen each new link of this of the transport chain and the search for new routes, but ukraine's western neighbors can accept only about a third of its exports. so the only real solution is the restoration of ukraine's black sea ports. and for this, russia's consent is required, and in connection with the deputy chairman of the all-ukrainian agrarian council, denys marchuk. greetings, mr. denys thank you for joining the broadcast, so the first question for you as an expert is how you evaluate today's agreements. who do you think will benefit from them first of all? good evening. and the question is extremely it is important for both ukraine and the world since the first days of the war that the black sea

ports became blocked and we warned as farmers that the war would affect not only ukraine but that the consequences would be felt by the whole world and actually these consequences began to be discussed more. feed the world, north africa, the middle east, if ukrainian products are not supplied. actually, when we talk about signing today's istanbul agreement, it is actually in the interests of both ukraine and those countries that are dependent from food products, it is clear that literally before we contacted you, we saw the story of our colleague about other ways of exporting ukrainian grain . at that time, we exported about 5-6 million tons per month, and of course, to increase such exports under the condition of undeveloped logistical routes, because for 20 years we did not develop the railway for the

export of grain. roads that moved in the western in the direction of the border, too. in fact, we did not have functioning river ports, they were minimally used on the danube. actually, but in the absence of an opportunity to work due to the blockade of the ports, and the business potential in this direction was increasing, in june we exported about 2 million 200,000 tons. this is a good indicator, but still it is far from it is pre-war, which we did through the black sea ports, that is why what was signed today and what will be exported from the three largest ports of ours, that is odesa, that is chornomorsk, and in fact, hmm, it gives an opportunity. we need to attract about four million tons every month, that is, taking into account the fact that when we have today and the unblocking of these ports, we are actually entering

the pre-war period of time for the export of grain. grain from the storage and prepare for the harvest, so tell me how critical it was for ukraine, this is a critical issue because we really had a very large amount and we have that we did not start selling a very large amount of transitional remains of about 20 million tons, taking into account that now the company has actively started harvesting winter crops, that is, the accumulation of these grains is again taking place. it is necessary to store them somewhere, and in these conditions, the compilation of exports was very important, and besides, we actually have to tell you that due to the lack of agrarians had no working capital for export, the state had no money in the form of taxes, the territorial communities for which agrarians work, cultivate land massifs and rent shares from landowners were also deprived these funds, therefore, in the context of the launch of the economy , and again, at the expense of agricultural production, moreover, these funds can contribute to the development of our defense capabilities, that is, to the

armed forces of ukraine. who actively participated in the form of the question of this security corridor, which would extend from the black sea from the territory of ukraine and further in the direction of turkey, yes, and at the very end, one more question. tell me what is happening now with this year's harvest in the conditions of the war, today the situation is difficult, especially in the border areas, because the enemy, understanding the important sector of the agricultural economy for the country, inflicts rocket fire with incendiary systems that today destroy thousands of hectares of land, farmers are actually on the second front today under fire, but under fire but they understand the responsibility that rests on their shoulders, because it is a responsibility to their community, to the country, and to the feats performed by our military in fact, it inspires us not to stand still or

work because the victory of the country depends on each of us today. thank you, mr. denys, for such a meaningful answer, and we spoke with the deputy chairman of the all-ukrainian agrarian council, denys merchuk, the head of the largest steel foundry company in ukraine. metinvest accuses russia of theft of metal from mariupol, yuriy ryzhenko will confirm that the russians have already taken out more than 600 million dollars from stalin, according to him, the stolen metal is first transported to russia, and the reports are sold further in asia, africa and other parts of the world, and this despite the fact that this steel was pre-ordered and even paid for in europe, now the company is collecting data, recording cases of theft and preparing a lawsuit in court table is bean basics and as we understand steel is actually stolen from steel factories or ports and they don't even hide it, they even make public statements that they are stealing our

steel, and it's not only our products, but also some of those products that already belong to european customers , so in fact they are not only stealing from us, they they also steal from europeans, we document everything they do from various sources, we take data from open sources, we have information from our own sources, we document as many cases of embezzlement as possible and prepare to go to court in the future, the time will come when the russians will appear not only before international courts, but also before by criminal courts and we will file lawsuits against them with everything. what was documented was that the two metallurgical plants in mariupol accounted for more than 70% of the steel of our metinvest company, out of 40% of the steel produced in general in therefore, they were extremely important for ukraine and not only for the ukrainian economy, but also for the european economy, for example, exports from

azov steel went mostly to italy and britain, the trident instead of the coat of arms of the ussr in the public service service ended the voting on what to do with the symbols on the shield of the monument to the motherland mothers in kyiv offered ukrainians to choose one of the answers to leave everything as it is, to remove herpes of the ussr or to replace it with a trident, and here are the results: more than 85% of the survey participants were in favor of a trident appeared on the shield, sociologists have already declared that the voting in action is not representative, they say that the structure of users does not reflect society, so the ministry of culture is considering what to do next, whether the decommunization of this monument, which is a recognizable landmark of kyiv, is necessary, we spoke with the director of the archive of the ukrainian institute of national monuments by igor kulyk about the 80-odd percent who voted to

change the herpes in august, the coat of arms of ukraine well, it seems to me that this is an attempt by the people to respond to the war which is currently ongoing in the state, that is, a flurry of patriotism, raising the patriotic spirit, it leads to the fact that people who were there, apolitical people for whom it was not there in principle, are now actively trying to state their position in the form of a trident there in the form of some ukrainian flags in the form of even simple phrases about military russian the ship is just trying to express its position, this is an attempt to replace the coats of arms, august, the coat of arms of ukraine, this is just the way to show it, too. a flurry of patriotism . i think that if this survey was held at the wrong time wars, again, it's all the same if it were theology. yes, i think that the percentage would be much smaller, and i think that here we would just change places, to demolish

, so it seems to me that this is actually an attempt, but everywhere and everywhere, even this is possible, an attempt to connect the fruit of the soviet agitprom to weave into the ukrainian reality i am categorically against placing the trident on the motherland, it is like, relatively speaking, a monument to lenin to put on an embroidered shirt and sign the dancing cossacks at the bottom like well, we can do it like that, but well for what not to hug combined things are ukrainian and soviet, so to sum it up ukraine, russia and turkey at the negotiations in istanbul through the mediation of the un agreed on unblocking the export of ukrainian grain ukraine signed a separate agreement with turkey and the un and assumed obligations to them russia signed a mirror agreement with by turkey and the united nations in the presence of the president of turkey recep erdogan and the secretary general of the united nations antonio

guterres on behalf of ukraine, the document was signed by the minister of infrastructure oleksandr kubrakov on behalf of turkey, the minister of defense in a meadow and another the agreement with the turkish minister of defense was signed by the minister of defense of russia serhiy shoigu, they agreed on the unblocking of the three ukrainian ports of odessa , chornomorsk, and the south, and the formation of a joint coordination center that will monitor the transportation of grain to turkey in order to comply with the agreements. personnel who arrive and depart from or leave ukrainian ports will be subject to exceptional inspection in harbors at the exit and entrance to the turkish straits, the document will be valid for 120 days from the date of signing and can be extended for the same period if one of the parties does not notify of the intention to terminate its validity, and that is all the news for today, more

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