Grain shipments from Ukraine drop as Russia blamed for slowing inspections

Grain shipments out of Ukraine have slowed (Khalil Hamra/AP)

The amount of grain leaving Ukraine has dropped even as a UN-brokered deal works to keep food flowing to developing nations, with inspections of ships falling to half what they were four months ago and a backlog of vessels growing as Russia’s invasion nears the one-year mark.

Ukrainian and some US officials are blaming Russia for slowing down inspections, which Moscow has denied.