“The fact is that Ukrainian ports are heavily mined, and the water area is now, in fact, extremely dangerous for navigation.

A demining operation is needed there now.

This is a very difficult operation, but so far the danger for navigation and navigation in general in those parts is very, very high for navigation, ”said Dmitry Peskov, press secretary of the Russian president.

Peskov confirmed that this topic was discussed at a recent meeting between President Vladimir Putin and UN Secretary General António Guterres, who raised the issue that direct and indirect restrictions imposed on suppliers of Russian fertilizers are fraught with great dangers for world food security.

“Indeed, the situation is fraught, as you understand, this is all happening through no fault of ours.

Our suppliers are interested in making their international commercial contacts, but, unfortunately, these are the sanctions that are boomeranging all over the world,” the Kremlin spokesman added.

Earlier, US President Joe Biden said that Ukraine was studying ways to return 20 million tons of grain from Ukrainian storage facilities to the world market.

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