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Putin: Lift sanctions to speed up grain exports

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine: Russia continued shelling eastern and southern Ukraine as Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow would only ease the path for Black Sea exports of Ukrainian grain if the West lifted sanctions on his country's shipments.

Moscow's strikes hit the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk on Tuesday, killing one person, local authorities said.

READ MY LIPS Russian President Vladimir Putin takes questions during a joint press conference with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Iran’s capital Tehran on Tuesday, July 19, 2022. AFP PHOTO READ MY LIPS Russian President Vladimir Putin takes questions during a joint press conference with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Iran’s capital Tehran on Tuesday, July 19, 2022. AFP PHOTO
READ MY LIPS Russian President Vladimir Putin takes questions during a joint press conference with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Iran’s capital Tehran on Tuesday, July 19, 2022. AFP PHOTO