News / LTG Cargo to resume vital grain exports from Ukraine via rail

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LTG Cargo, the cargo arm of Lithuania’s national railway (Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai), has restarted grain export activities out of Ukraine through its local subsidiary.

The move will allow exports of Ukrainian products through Poland, circumventing Russian-allied Belarus.

Over the weekend, Ukraine’s deputy foreign minister, Dmytro Senik, told Reuters there were some 30 million tonnes of grain stored in silos in Ukraine since the blockade of its Black Sea ports by Russia.

LTG Cargo Ukraine CEO Saulius Stasiūnas said: “This reopening allows us to contribute to even ...