Zelenskiy calls on EU to lift "unacceptable" farm goods restrictions in Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has urged the European Union (EU) to lift the "unacceptable and clearly non-European" ban on Ukrainian grain imports to five countries by the September 15 deadline. The five central European countries, including Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia, want the EU ban extended until the end of the year. Zelenskiy emphasized that any extension of the restrictions beyond the deadline is unacceptable and not in line with the spirit of Europe. The ban was initially imposed due to concerns that Ukrainian grain imports were negatively impacting the farming sectors of these countries.