EU agriculture officials to look at funding Ukrainian grain transportation

A truck unloads grain in a granary in the village of Zghurivka, Ukraine (Efrem Lukatsky/AP/PA)

The European Union will look at helping to fund the costly transportation of grain out of Ukraine after Russia halted a deal that allowed Black Sea exports vital to global food security, a top agriculture official has said.

The issue of how to get food products out of Ukraine — and help farmers in neighbouring EU countries compete with a glut of cheap grain — is threatening to shake the 27-nation bloc’s unity in supporting Kyiv as it battles Russia’s invasion.