Beijing, 4 Apr (ZXS) -- Comprehensive news: According to TASS, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on 8 April that if the West makes no progress in removing obstacles to Russian fertilizer and grain exports, Russia will reconsider the necessity of the Black Sea grain initiative. According to the New York Times, a confidential document related to the US aid plan to Ukraine is suspected to have been leaked this week, and the Pentagon is investigating it.

Russia demanded that the West remove obstacles to the export of Russian fertilizers and grain

According to TASS, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said after talks with Turkish Foreign Minister Cavusoglu on the 7th that if the West makes no progress in removing obstacles to Russian fertilizer and grain exports, Russia will reconsider the need for the Black Sea grain initiative.

Lavrov said that after extending the agreement for 120 days, Russia found no sign that anyone would be able to really solve the problem. If Western countries do not show a constructive attitude, the Russian side will work outside the framework of the Food Initiative.

The US aid plan to Ukraine is suspected of being leaked on social media

According to the New York Times, a US military secret document suspected to have been leaked on social media this week, detailing the plan of the United States and NATO to strengthen the Ukrainian army before the Ukrainian counteroffensive, is being investigated by the Pentagon.

Reuters reported on the 7th that Podolyak, an adviser to the Ukrainian president's office, said that the documents contained "a lot of fictitious information" and looked like Russia's disinformation operation, in order to make people suspicious of the counteroffensive.

The Ukrainian side rejected the peace proposal put forward by the President of Brazil

According to the "Kiev Post", the Ukrainian side rejected Brazilian President Lula's proposal on the 7th to "abandon Crimea to end the conflict".

Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko said on social media that any mediation to restore peace in Ukraine should be based on respecting Ukraine's sovereignty and restoring Ukraine's territorial integrity.

Farmers in some EU countries protested against Ukrainian agricultural products disrupting local markets

According to the Associated Press, farmers in Romania and Bulgaria held protests on the 7th to protest the EU's preferential treatment of Ukrainian agricultural products, saying that a large number of cheap Ukrainian agricultural products are pouring into the local market and driving down prices.

Ukraine is one of the world's largest producers of cereals and sunflower oil, but the Ukraine crisis has restricted the country's agricultural exports and threatened global food security. To this end, the EU has abolished tariffs and quotas on imports of agricultural products from Ukraine. Farmers in Romania, Bulgaria, Poland and other EU countries have been hit by the influx of cheap Ukrainian produce, making it difficult to sell local produce at prices higher than the cost of production.

Liliana Piron, executive director of the Union of Romanian Agricultural Producers' Associations, said during the protest that farmers in the country could no longer afford unfair competition from Ukraine or risk bankruptcy.

Farmers who staged the protests called on the EU to take responsibility and action. (End)