“By what right and on the basis of what logic does Russia insist on the inspection of Ukrainian sovereign ships leaving Ukrainian ports and departing for other countries?

It doesn't make any sense," TASS quoted him as saying.

Blinken noted that Washington is working to address the unintended consequences of its own sanctions to help overcome the food crisis.

“We excluded from the sanctions food, fertilizers, as well as what is necessary for their export from Russia,” the chief of American diplomacy added.

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced an artificially inflated hysteria on the topic of Ukrainian grain.

Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov noted that Russia guarantees the safety of ships carrying grain from Ukrainian-controlled ports.