now, we ve heard from the ukrainian infrastructure minister saying that they expect to be able to export up to 3 million tons of grain every month. so to give you a sense of perspective, there are 20 million tons of grain stuck here in ukraine. so it is, you know, vital for ukraine for this deal to be working, to be a success, not only because it is going to ease a global food crisis, but it is also fundamental for ukraine to be receiving some foreign currency. indeed. and if we go right back to the beginning of this, when this agreement was first signed, russia did attack targets in and around the port of 0desa. and a lot of people were very pessimistic that this would get off the ground. is there still that level of trust and confidence between the two sides that this deal will hold? well, we heard from president zelensky in his evening address saying that it is a positive
when this agreement was first signed, russia did attack targets in and around the port of 0desa. and a lot of people were very pessimistic that this would get off the ground. is there still that level of trust and confidence between the two sides that this deal will hold? well, we heard from president zelensky in his evening address saying that it is a positive development, that these ships are being allowed to leave ukraine. some other ships are coming to ukraine to be loaded with grain. but he said that there are some security concerns. he says that, you know, he needs to see if russia is going to abide, is going to follow the terms of this deal. but so far we re seeing that there haven t been any kind of incidents. so far, so good for this deal. here, in the uk conservative leadership candidate liz truss will reverse the planned increase in national insurance contributions within weeks of becoming prime minister, according to her campaign team.
it is vital for ukraine for this deal to be working and to be a success, not only because it will ease the global food crisis but also fundamental for ukraine to be receiving some foreign currency. indeed. if we go right back to the beginning, when this agreement was first signed, russia did attack targets in and around the port of 0desa and a lot of people were very pessimistic that this would get off the ground. is there still that level of trust and confidence between the two sides that this deal will hold? we heard from president zelensky in his evening address, saying it is a positive development that these ships can leave ukraine and others are coming to be loaded with grain but he said there are some security concerns and he says he needs to see if russia is going to follow
seven years ago off the coast of syria, that s the reason it was deployed there to provide cover for russian war planes because of the attack targets on the ground inside syria. but you re right. apart from the tactical side of things, it s a hugely symbolic victory. this is the flag ship of the black sea fleet. it s so important to the russians in the sense that, look, we re watching russian state television the other day. they hardly mentioned this. their main news in the current affairs show three hours long of the weekend. it was only a 30 second item. an hour into the show. sort of a really trying to keep this under wraps and not admitting this was a battlefield lost. one of the mysteries now is what, that russia hasn t released as far as i know, any information about casualties or really what s happened with the crew that was on board. i mean, are you hearing that people in russia are starting to question this? part of that, you know, process, that policy of trying to keep th