Ukraine’s Zelenskiy welcomes EU lifting grain export ban, warns neighbours

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy welcomed the EU’s decision not to further extend the ban on Kyiv’s grain exports, but said his government would react “in civilised fashion” if EU member states broke EU rules.
“This is an example of true unity and trust between Ukraine and the EU,” Zelenskiy wrote on the Telegram messaging app. “Europe always wins when rules and agreements are implemented.”
But immediately after the EU ruling was announced, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary said they would implement their own restrictions on Ukrainian grain imports.
Zelenskiy, speaking in his nightly video message, said Ukraine needed support from its neighbours during the war against Russia and it was important for European unity “to work on a bilateral level with our neighbours”.
“And if the decisions of our neighbours are not neighbourly, Ukraine will respond in a civilised manner.”