According to her, UN Secretary General António Guterres spoke about this with representatives of Russia.

“At the moment, there are discussions about how to unblock such corridors,” TASS quoted her as saying.

Earlier, the head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell, said that the European Union would help Ukraine empty its grain storage facilities in order, he said, to make room for a new crop.

On May 9, 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.