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"The war is going to have dramatic consequences for the world," said the EU's foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell.
The cargo ships carrying over 160,000 tonnes of corn and other foodstuffs left Chernomorsk and Odesa, heading for Turkey, Italy and China under an international deal struck in July.
It's now set to arrive in Istanbul on Wednesday.
The Kremlin is blaming the EU for the global food crisis, but the facts tell a very different story.
Over 20 million tonnes of last year's crop still cannot reach their destinations because of Russia's blockade of Ukraine's Black Sea ports.