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    Russia resumed its blockade of Ukrainian ports on Sunday, cutting off urgently needed grain exports to hungry parts of the world in what U.S. President Joe Biden called a 鈥渞eally outrageous鈥 act.

    Biden warned that global hunger could increase because of Russia鈥檚 suspension of a UN-brokered deal to allow safe passage of ships carrying grain from Ukraine, one of the world's breadbaskets.

    鈥淚t鈥檚 really outrageous,鈥 Biden said Saturday in Wilmington, Delaware. 鈥淭here鈥檚 no merit to what they鈥檙e doing. The UN negotiated that deal and that should be the end of it.鈥

    Biden spoke hours after Russia announced it would immediately halt participation in the grain deal, alleging that Ukraine staged a drone attack Saturday against Russia鈥檚 Black Sea Fleet off the coast of occupied Crimea. Ukraine has denied the attack, saying that Russia mishandled its own weapons.

    Ukraine's Infrastructure Ministry reported Sunday that 218 ships involved in grain exports have been blocked 鈥 22 loaded and stuck at ports, 95 loaded and departed from ports, and 101 awaiting inspections.

    One of the blocked ships, carrying 40,000 tons of wheat for Ethiopia under a UN aid program, could not leave Ukraine on Sunday as a result of Russia鈥檚 鈥渂lockage of the grain corridor,鈥 Oleksandr Kubrakov, Ukraine鈥檚 minister of infrastructure, said on Twitter. The ship, Ikaria Angel, was stuck in the Black Sea port of Chornomorsk.

    The Istanbul-based UN center coordinating the ship passages later said the Ikaria Angel was among six vessels that began moving out but hadn't yet entered a humanitarian corridor. The center reported on plans to move and inspect other ships on Monday but it wasn't clear whether Russia would agree.

    The grain initiative 鈥 an example of rare wartime cooperation between Ukraine and Russia 鈥 has allowed more than 9 million tons of grain in 397 ships to safely leave Ukrainian ports since it was signed in July. UN chief Ant贸nio Guterres had urged Russia and Ukraine on Friday to renew the deal when it expires Nov. 19. The grain agreement has brought down global food prices about 15 per cent from their peak in March, according to the UN.

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskky expressed outrage at Russia's decision. Referring to the Ikaria Angel, he said in his nightly video address Sunday, 鈥淭his bulk ship with wheat for the UN food program and other vessels with agricultural products are forced to wait, because Russia is blackmailing the world with hunger.鈥

    Two initiatives to revive the grain deal were reported Sunday.

    Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar was in talks with his counterparts to 鈥渟olve the problem and to continue the grain initiative,鈥 his agency said, adding that no more grain ships would leave Ukraine but those already waiting near Istanbul would be inspected on Sunday or Monday.

    At the United Nations in New York, Guterres delayed a trip by a day to engage in talks aimed at ending Russia鈥檚 suspension of the grain export deal. Russia also requested a meeting Monday of the UN Security Council to discuss the topic.

    Analysts say Russia's withdrawal shows that it sees the grain deal as another way to pressure Ukraine.

    鈥淏y leaving the deal now and putting the blame on Ukraine, it aims to slow Ukrainian attacks around the Black Sea,鈥 said Mario Bikarski, a Economist Intelligence Unit analyst. Russia could be hoping that Ukraine鈥檚 Western allies might ask it to focus its forces elsewhere to save the grain deal, he said.

    More conflicting details emerged Sunday about the alleged attack on Russia's Black Sea Fleet.

    The city council of Mariupol, a Ukrainian port now controlled by Russia, claimed on Telegram that Ukrainian special services had destroyed at least three Russian warships near the city of Sevastopol on the Russian-annexed Crimean Peninsula.

    But an adviser to Ukraine鈥檚 Interior Ministry claimed that the Russians' 鈥渃areless handling of explosives鈥 had caused blasts on four Russian warships. Anton Gerashchenko wrote on Telegram that the vessels included a frigate, a landing ship and a ship that carried cruise missiles.

    Reports have surfaced for months of Ukrainian sabotage of Russian warplanes and ammunition depots on Crimea and Zelenskky has vowed repeatedly to recapture the strategic Black Sea peninsula that Russia annexed in 2014.

    Russia's Defence Ministry claimed Sunday that one Ukrainian drone that reportedly attacked Sevastopol appeared to emanate from a civilian ship carrying agricultural products from Ukraine. The ministry claimed an inspection of the wreckage showed the drones used Canadian-made navigation and their launch point was the Ukrainian coast near the port of Odesa.

    Independent verification of each side's claims was not possible.

    Ukraine appears to have targeted the Black Sea Fleet and other Russian military infrastructure on Crimea 鈥 far from the front lines but a critical launching pad for attacks against Ukraine 鈥 since the spring, although it often doesn't confirm its responsibility.

    On the battlefront, Russian missile attacks kept pounding key front-line hot spots in Ukraine. The Russians shelled seven Ukrainian regions over the past 24 hours, killing at least five civilians and wounding nine more, Ukraine鈥檚 presidential office said.

    In the eastern Donetsk region, where the fighting is ongoing near the cities of Bakhmut and Avdiivka, eight cities and villages were shelled.

    In areas that Ukraine has recaptured, residents are still recovering bodies of killed civilians, Donetsk Gov. Pavlo Kyrylenko said.

    鈥淥ver the past 24 hours alone, in three de-occupied towns and villages, we found abandoned bodies of Ukrainian civilians,鈥 Kyrylenko said.

    Ukraine鈥檚 Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskiy said Sunday that Russian forces were mining territories they leave behind twice as densely as during the first months of the war.

    Power outages were reported Sunday in the occupied Ukrainian city of Enerhodar, home to the closed Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Europe's largest. Ukrainian and Russian officials traded blame for the shelling that caused the blackout.

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