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Shipowners have halted grain exports from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports amid a surge in Russian attacks, citing escalating war risks — a move made independently by merchants, not the government. With Russia pulling out of a previous safety deal and intensifying strikes on ports and vessels, including a deadly Sunday missile hit that killed nine crew members, Ukraine’s agriculture minister confirms alternative routes are unused. Ukraine is demanding a UN Security Council emergency session, while Russia justifies its actions as targeting military-linked ships — even as Ukraine ramps up its own naval operations in the Black Sea and Sea of Azov. Compounding the crisis, Russia has imposed a nighttime vessel ban in its key Novorossiysk port, further choking global grain flows.

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