Putin Threatens "Scam" Ukraine Grain Export Deal, Says Most Ships Diverted To EU

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50% : Among countries classified by the World Bank as low- or lower-middle-income, the UN says that 10% of the initiative's exports have been sent to Egypt, 5% to Iran, 4% to India, 3% to Sudan, 2% to Yemen, 2% to Kenya, 1% to Somalia, 1% to Djibouti, and less than 1% to Lebanon.
48% : "Almost all the grain exported from Ukraine is sent not to the poorest developing countries, but to European Union countries," Putin told an economic forum in the eastern city of Vladivostok on Wednesday.
47% : In a statement to CNN, the United Nations said that under the Black Sea Grain Initiative, roughly 30% of "grains and other foodstuffs" have made it to low- and lower-middle-income countries, or approximately 700,000 metric tons.

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