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Russia, Ukraine discuss U.N. plan to free up grain exports

In this handout photo provided by the Turkish Defence Ministry, Russian, left, and Ukranian, top right, delegations meet along with United Nation observers, right, and Turkish Defence Ministry members in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. Military delegations from Russia and Ukraine held their governments' first face-to-face talks in months Wednesday as they tried to reach an agreement on a United Nations plan to export blocked Ukrainian grain to world markets through the Black Sea. (Turkish Defence Ministry via AP) In this handout photo provided by the Turkish Defence Ministry, Russian, top left, and Ukranian, right, delegations meet along with United Nation observers, left, and Turkish Defence Ministry members in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. Military delegations from Russia and Ukraine held their governments' first face-to-face talks in months Wednesday as they tried to reach an agreement on a United Nations plan to export blocked Ukrainian grain to world markets through the Black Sea. (Turkish Defence Ministry via AP) Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba speaks during his interview to The Associated Press in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, July 12, 2022. Ukraine's foreign minister says grain exports from his country's ports won't resume without security guarantees for ship owners, cargo owners and Ukraine as an independent nation. Military officials from Russia and Ukraine were set to hold their governments’ first face-to-face talks in months Wednesday during a session in Istanbul devoted to a United Nations plan to export blocked Ukrainian grain to world markets through the Black Sea. (AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko) FILE - The moon lights the sky on a grain field and sunflowers, on the road in Donbas region, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, July 12, 2022. Military officials from Russia and Ukraine are set to hold a meeting in Istanbul to discuss a United Nations plan to export blocked Ukrainian grain to world markets through the Black Sea. Russia’s invasion and war disrupted production and halted shipments of Ukraine, one of the world’s largest exporters of wheat, corn and sunflower oil. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty). FILE - A farmer reacts as he looks at his burning field caused by the fighting at the front line in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine, Monday, July 4, 2022. Military officials from Russia and Ukraine are set to hold a meeting in Istanbul to discuss a United Nations plan to export blocked Ukrainian grain to world markets through the Black Sea. Russia’s invasion and war disrupted production and halted shipments of Ukraine, one of the world’s largest exporters of wheat, corn and sunflower oil. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)