"Ukraine urges global action on expiring grain deal with Russia"

Ukraine has called on global powers to pressure Russia as the future of the Black Sea grain deal, which will expire on May 18, remains unclear. UN chief Antonio Guterres proposed a “way forward aimed at the improvement, extension and expansion” of the deal, which has been renewed twice since it was brokered by Turkey and the United Nations last July to allow Ukraine to resume grain exports from its Black Sea ports. Moscow-based journalist Yulia Shapovalova said negotiations were continuing as Guterres considers “Moscow’s concerns about the supply of food fertiliser”, one of the main obstacles Russia has cited.