EU foreign ministers on Monday at a planned meeting in Luxembourg will discuss the war in Ukraine, primarily the possibility of exporting grain blocked by Russia.

This was reported by Reuters.

EU foreign ministers will also consider relations with Egypt, which is one of the potential buyers of Ukrainian grain.

"Whether there will be a need to escort these commercial vessels in the future is a question mark. I don't think we've reached that yet," the EU official said.

Meanwhile, talks in the EU on a new package of sanctions against Russia continue. According to the EU official, new measures are not imminent.

According to the official, the existing sanctions are already extensive, and "there is little scope for an agreement to impose sanctions on Russian gas exports to the EU."

An exchange of views is expected on the European Commission's proposal to grant Ukraine candidate status, as well as an increase in arms deliveries.

Earlier, the US Department of Agriculture said that the construction of temporary granaries on the border with Ukraine would prevent Russia from stealing Ukrainian grain and guarantee that the country's winter harvest would not be lost.

Britain expressed hope that progress will be achieved in the next few days in the issue of unblocking the export of Ukrainian grain.

We would like to add that President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine plans to double the transit of grain and other food and is considering the Danube route for this purpose.

A reminder that earlier the first batch of Ukrainian grain arrived in Spain via the Baltic Sea route.

It was also reported that Ukraine is preparing capacities for temporary storage of grain.