An EU plan looking to "choke off" revenue Russia uses for its war on Ukraine by slapping "prohibitive tariffs" on grain and related imports into the bloc "makes clear that we do not want Russian grain or Belorussian grain on the EU market", European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says. The added sanctions, welcomed by Kyiv, will not apply to Russian grain transiting through the European Union to other markets, so that "the seamless supply of grain to the Global South or other regions of the world is also guaranteed," von der Leyen adds at a press conference with her European Council counterpart Charles Michel at a summit in Brussels. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES