Russia is suspending a Ukraine grain export deal that has helped keep food prices down - NPR

Russian Black Sea fleet ships are anchored successful 1 of the bays of Sevastopol, Crimea, connected March 31, 2014. AP Photo, File hide caption

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Russian Black Sea fleet ships are anchored successful 1 of the bays of Sevastopol, Crimea, connected March 31, 2014.

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MOSCOW — Russia says it is suspending its information successful a United Nations-brokered woody to unafraid the export of Ukrainian atom retired though the Black Sea.

According to Russia's Foreign Ministry, Moscow is exiting the atom woody for an "undetermined period."

The determination came conscionable hours aft Russia's Defense Ministry claimed it had mostly repelled a bid of Ukrainian drone attacks connected Russian ships successful the Black Sea that it said were safeguarding shipping lanes nether the agreement.

Authorities successful Kyiv accused Moscow of creating a "false pretext" to artifact the atom corridor.

In caller weeks, Russia had threatened to exit the woody implicit complaints the statement had opened up Ukrainian atom shipments but failed to unrecorded up to promises to let the export of Russian fertilizer and nutrient products.

The U.N. has called connected some parties to refrain from imperiling a woody that provided nutrient to millions astir the globe. More than 9 cardinal tons of atom and different nutrient products person been exported nether the deal, contributing to little prices of wheat and different commodities, the U.N. says.