“Last year and this year, we have seen a significant increase in prices, which have doubled,” says Mykola Maliyenko, a 68-year-old Ukrainian farmer optimistically hoping the country will be able to ship this year's harvest through southern seaports. In July 2022, Moscow and Kyiv signed agreements with Turkey and the United Nations allowing Ukraine to bypass a Russian naval blockade in the Black Sea to export grain. The Kremlin unilaterally ended the deal one year later, complaining that its calls for sanctions relief were ignored. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES