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As Ukraine war grinds, world pushes for way to get grain out

A woman is evacuated by volunteers of Vostok SOS charitable organisation in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. Residents in villages and towns near the front line continue to flee as fighting rages in eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Nataliia Fedorova shows lack of glass at a window of her home ruined by attacks in Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022.(AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

An injured man as a result of shelling is carried on a stretcher in Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

A woman is carried from her home in an evacuation by volunteers of Vostok SOS charitable organisation in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. Residents in villages and towns near the front line continue to flee as fighting rages in eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

A man walks in front of a damage building ruined by attacks in Hostomel, outskirts Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

A woman rides a bike past a building damaged during fighting in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. (AP Photo)

Nataliia Fedorova stands outside her home ruined by attacks, in Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022.(AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

A woman walks next to the body of a man killed during shelling in Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Women are evacuated by volunteers of Vostok SOS charitable organisation in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. Residents in villages and towns near the front line continue to flee as fighting rages in eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

A woman is evacuated by volunteers of Vostok SOS charitable organisation in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. Residents in villages and towns near the front line continue to flee as fighting rages in eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Mykola Kovalenko, who lost his home during the Russian invasion, rests outside at a Sanatorium working as temporary place for people without a home Irpin, outskirts Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

A woman stands in front of a damage building ruined by attacks in Irpin, outskirts Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Olga Chernenko, 51 years old, holds her dog Casper, at the entrance of her home ruined by attacks in Irpin, on the outskirts Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. Chernenko says she walks past her burned-down house often because that's where she lived for 48 years, almost her hole life, and that she hopes Russia President Vladimir Putin will be punished for what he did. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

A woman who lost her home looks at donated cloths at a Sanatorium working as temporary place for people without a home Irpin, outskirts Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Russian soldiers Alexander Alexeevich Ivanov and Alexander Vladimirovich Bobykin, left, attend their trial hearing in Kotelva, northeastern Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. Two Russian soldiers accused of war crime in Ukraine could face up to 12 years in prison. In the second hearing of the trial held on Thursday at the Kotelevsky District Court, the prosecutors asked for both to be sentenced to 12 years of prison, while the defence attorney asked for 8 years. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Anatolii Chovpin shows the damaged building where he lives ruined by attacks in Irpin, outskirts Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

A woman rides a bike past a building damaged during fighting in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. (AP Photo)

A woman is carried from her home in an evacuation by volunteers of Vostok SOS charitable organisation in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. Residents in villages and towns near the front line continue to flee as fighting rages in eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

A woman walks in front of a damage building ruined by attacks in Irpin, outskirts Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Olga Chernenko, 51 years old, holds her dog Casper, at the entrance of her home ruined by attacks in Irpin, on the outskirts Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. Chernenko says she walks past her burned-down house often because that's where she lived for 48 years, almost her hole life, and that she hopes Russia President Vladimir Putin will be punished for what he did. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

A woman who lost her home looks at donated cloths at a Sanatorium working as temporary place for people without a home Irpin, outskirts Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Russian soldiers Alexander Alexeevich Ivanov and Alexander Vladimirovich Bobykin, left, attend their trial hearing in Kotelva, northeastern Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. Two Russian soldiers accused of war crime in Ukraine could face up to 12 years in prison. In the second hearing of the trial held on Thursday at the Kotelevsky District Court, the prosecutors asked for both to be sentenced to 12 years of prison, while the defence attorney asked for 8 years. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Anatolii Chovpin shows the damaged building where he lives ruined by attacks in Irpin, outskirts Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

A woman rides a bike past a building damaged during fighting in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. (AP Photo)

A woman is carried from her home in an evacuation by volunteers of Vostok SOS charitable organisation in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. Residents in villages and towns near the front line continue to flee as fighting rages in eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

A woman walks in front of a damage building ruined by attacks in Irpin, outskirts Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Olga Chernenko, 51 years old, holds her dog Casper, at the entrance of her home ruined by attacks in Irpin, on the outskirts Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. Chernenko says she walks past her burned-down house often because that's where she lived for 48 years, almost her hole life, and that she hopes Russia President Vladimir Putin will be punished for what he did. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

A woman who lost her home looks at donated cloths at a Sanatorium working as temporary place for people without a home Irpin, outskirts Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Russian soldiers Alexander Alexeevich Ivanov and Alexander Vladimirovich Bobykin, left, attend their trial hearing in Kotelva, northeastern Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. Two Russian soldiers accused of war crime in Ukraine could face up to 12 years in prison. In the second hearing of the trial held on Thursday at the Kotelevsky District Court, the prosecutors asked for both to be sentenced to 12 years of prison, while the defence attorney asked for 8 years. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Anatolii Chovpin shows the damaged building where he lives ruined by attacks in Irpin, outskirts Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

A woman rides a bike past a building damaged during fighting in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. (AP Photo)

A woman is carried from her home in an evacuation by volunteers of Vostok SOS charitable organisation in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. Residents in villages and towns near the front line continue to flee as fighting rages in eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

A woman walks in front of a damage building ruined by attacks in Irpin, outskirts Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

An excavator removes the debris at a damaged building ruined by attacks in Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

A woman rides a bike past a building damaged during fighting in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. (AP Photo)

Olga Chernenko, 51 years old, holds her dog Casper, inside her home ruined by attacks in Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. Chernenko says she walks past her burned-down house often because that's where she lived for 48 years, almost her whole life, and that she hopes Russian President Vladimir Putin will be punished for what he did. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

A woman is carried from her home in an evacuation by volunteers of Vostok SOS charitable organisation in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. Residents in villages and towns near the front line continue to flee as fighting rages in eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

A woman walks in front of a damage building ruined by attacks in Irpin, outskirts Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

A woman stands in front of a damage building ruined by attacks in Irpin, outskirts Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

In this handout photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, meets with Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

An injured man as a result of shelling is carried on a stretcher in Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

A woman walks next to the body of a man killed during shelling in Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

A man walks in front of a damage building ruined by attacks in Hostomel, outskirts Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

An excavator removes the debris at a damaged building ruined by attacks in Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

A woman rides a bike past a building damaged during fighting in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. (AP Photo)

Olga Chernenko, 51 years old, holds her dog Casper, inside her home ruined by attacks in Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. Chernenko says she walks past her burned-down house often because that's where she lived for 48 years, almost her whole life, and that she hopes Russian President Vladimir Putin will be punished for what he did. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

A woman is carried from her home in an evacuation by volunteers of Vostok SOS charitable organisation in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. Residents in villages and towns near the front line continue to flee as fighting rages in eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

A woman walks in front of a damage building ruined by attacks in Irpin, outskirts Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

A woman stands in front of a damage building ruined by attacks in Irpin, outskirts Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

In this handout photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, meets with Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

An injured man as a result of shelling is carried on a stretcher in Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

A woman walks next to the body of a man killed during shelling in Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

A man walks in front of a damage building ruined by attacks in Hostomel, outskirts Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Anatolii Chovpin shows the damaged building where he lives ruined by attacks in Irpin, outskirts Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Russian soldiers Alexander Alexeevich Ivanov, right, and Alexander Vladimirovich Bobykin attend their trial hearing in Kotelva, northeastern Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. Two Russian soldiers accused of war crime in Ukraine could face up to 12 years in prison. In the second hearing of the trial held on Thursday at the Kotelevsky District Court, the prosecutors asked for both to be sentenced to 12 years of prison, while the defence attorney asked for 8 years. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Olga Chernenko, 51 years old, holds her dog Casper, at the entrance of her home ruined by attacks in Irpin, on the outskirts Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. Chernenko says she walks past her burned-down house often because that's where she lived for 48 years, almost her hole life, and that she hopes Russia President Vladimir Putin will be punished for what he did. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

People walk among buildings destroyed during fighting in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. (AP Photo)

People walk among buildings destroyed during fighting in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. (AP Photo)

Olga Chernenko, 51 years old, holds her dog Casper, inside her home ruined by attacks in Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. Chernenko says she walks past her burned-down house often because that's where she lived for 48 years, almost her whole life, and that she hopes Russian President Vladimir Putin will be punished for what he did. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Children walk among buildings destroyed during fighting in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. (AP Photo)

Anatolii Chovpin shows the damaged building where he lives ruined by attacks in Irpin, outskirts Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Russian soldiers Alexander Alexeevich Ivanov, right, and Alexander Vladimirovich Bobykin attend their trial hearing in Kotelva, northeastern Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. Two Russian soldiers accused of war crime in Ukraine could face up to 12 years in prison. In the second hearing of the trial held on Thursday at the Kotelevsky District Court, the prosecutors asked for both to be sentenced to 12 years of prison, while the defence attorney asked for 8 years. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Olga Chernenko, 51 years old, holds her dog Casper, at the entrance of her home ruined by attacks in Irpin, on the outskirts Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. Chernenko says she walks past her burned-down house often because that's where she lived for 48 years, almost her hole life, and that she hopes Russia President Vladimir Putin will be punished for what he did. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

People walk among buildings destroyed during fighting in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. (AP Photo)

People walk among buildings destroyed during fighting in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. (AP Photo)

Damaged buildings ruined by attacks are seen in Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Olga Chernenko, 51 years old, holds her dog Casper, inside her home ruined by attacks in Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. Chernenko says she walks past her burned-down house often because that's where she lived for 48 years, almost her whole life, and that she hopes Russian President Vladimir Putin will be punished for what he did. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Children walk among buildings destroyed during fighting in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. (AP Photo)

Olga Chernenko, 51, holds her dog Casper outside her home damaged by attacks in Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. Chernenko says she walks past her burned-down house often because that is where she lived for 48 years, almost her whole life, and that she hopes Russia President Vladimir Putin will be punished for what he did. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Nataliia Fedorova stands outside her home ruined by attacks, in Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022.(AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Olga Chernenko, 51 years old, holds her dog Casper, inside her home ruined by attacks in Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. Chernenko says she walks past her burned-down house often because that's where she lived for 48 years, almost her whole life, and that she hopes Russian President Vladimir Putin will be punished for what he did. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Anatolii Chovpin shows the damaged building where he lives ruined by attacks in Irpin, outskirts Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Damaged buildings ruined by attacks are seen in Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

A man on a bicycle takes pictures of damaged buildings ruined by attacks in Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Damaged buildings ruined by attacks are seen in Irpin, on the outskirts Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Dmytro Kuleba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine gestures as he attends a seesion at the 51st annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday, May 25, 2022. The forum has been postponed due to the Covid-19 outbreak and was rescheduled to early summer. The meeting brings together entrepreneurs, scientists, corporate and political leaders in Davos under the topic "History at a Turning Point: Government Policies and Business Strategies" from 22 - 26 May 2022. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP)

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko speakes at a conversation about the war in Ukraine during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, May 26, 2022. The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum is taking place in Davos from May 22 until May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Russian soldiers Alexander Alexeevich Ivanov and Alexander Vladimirovich Bobykin, right, leave the courtroom after their trial hearing in Kotelva, northeastern Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. Two Russian soldiers accused of war crime in Ukraine could face up to 12 years in prison. In the second hearing of the trial held on Thursday at the Kotelevsky District Court, the prosecutors asked for both to be sentenced to 12 years of prison, while the defence attorney asked for 8 years. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

A resident removes debris from a destroyed house after Russian shelling in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko)

A local resident walks next to a house destroyed in a Russian shelling in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko)

Local resident Valeria removes dust from a bench outside her heavily damaged house, background, after a Russian strike in Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Two rockets struck the eastern Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk, in the Donetsk region early Wednesday morning, causing at least four injuries. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

A local resident injured in a Russian strike rests in a hospital in Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Two rockets struck the eastern Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk, in the Donetsk region early Wednesday morning, causing at least four injuries. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

A local resident injured in a Russian strike walks in a hospital in Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Two rockets struck the eastern Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk, in the Donetsk region early Wednesday morning, causing at least four injuries. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

As Ukraine war grinds, world pushes for way to get grain out