The United Nations: It was not possible to verify the allegations of Russia's "stealing" of Ukrainian grain

United Nations spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Tuesday that the World Food Program was unable to verify allegations that Russia "stealed" Ukrainian grain.

"We have seen (recent media reports) and are talking to our colleagues at the World Food Programme, and they have no way of verifying these allegations, and we are calling for freedom of movement in the Black Sea," Dujarric told a news briefing.

On June 3, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that "Russia has finished removing mines from the Ukrainian ports under its control, and Ukrainian grain can be exported through them."

Putin stressed: "We are not the ones who mined the entrances to the ports. It is Ukraine that did it. We have said a lot to all our colleagues: to clear the mines, and then the ships will leave the ports. We guarantee safe passage without any problems. They should clear the mines and lift the ships from the seabed. lions, which they drowned in order to impede the passage to the ports of southern Ukraine.

The Russian President stressed: "We will not take advantage of the situation of demining in order to launch attacks from the sea. I said this before."

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