TASS: Head of the European Council Michel discussed grain exports to the EU in Odessa

This is reported by TASS with reference to a source in the European Council.

According to the interlocutor, Michel discussed with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky the possibility of sending Ukrainian grain to the EU.

At the same time, ways of providing economic, humanitarian and military assistance to Ukraine were also discussed.

Michel also discussed with Ukrainian leaders "the reforms needed to move this country along the European path."

Earlier, TV channel Das Erste reported that German food associations had warned of the risk of food shortages due to rising prices.

On May 8, Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Svenja Schulze warned of the possibility of the world's worst famine since World War II.