Ukrainian grain exports, and the mayhem they cause in Europe | This Week In Ukraine Ep. 6.

Описание: “This Week in Ukraine” is a video podcast hosted by Kyiv Independent’s reporter Anastasiia Lapatina. Every week, Anastasiia sits down with her newsroom colleagues to discuss Ukraine’s most pressing issues.

Episode #6 is dedicated to Ukrainian grain exports, and how they destabilize European domestic markets.  

Anastasiia is joined by the Kyiv Independent's reporter Alexander Query.

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Timecodes:
00:00 Intro
00:43 What is the issue with Ukrainian grain exports?
03:12 What triggered this crisis?
04:56 Response from the EU and Ukraine – solidarity lanes
06:25 The initial perception of EU solidarity lanes
07:53 Why did the plan go wrong?
09:34 How did European countries respond to the crisis?
11:16 Response of EU societies
12:10 Can EU states enforce an export ban?
12:41 Why did certain countries initiate an illegal ban?
15:25 European Commission’s response
16:48 On the EU export ban
17:31 How is Ukraine affected?
21:03 Who is to blame for the crisis?
22:01 On Ukraine’s EU aspirations
24:15 Questions from patrons – on partisans and future counteroffensive
25:57 Also this week – a hit on the Kremlin, counteroffensive
26:30 Outro

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The episode was edited by Anna Yakutenko.