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Russias foreign minister Sergey Lavrov has cast doubt on the future of a UN-backed grain deal, saying there is a lot of work to do before the agreement can be renewed next month.

The agreement has allowed Ukraine  one of the worlds largest wheat producers  to export grain from its Black Sea ports since the beginning of August.

Lavrov said Moscow wanted the UN to provide evidence that the exports, which must pass through a monitoring center in Istanbul, are being directed to the worlds poorest countries. Speaking during a joint news conference with the secretary general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Moscow on Monday, he said he had asked the UN for data on the final destinations of the grain.

Lavrov said Russia understands that poorest nations receive only 5% to 7% of the exported grain, while the rest goes to the European Union.

European countries give the following explanation: they say, yes, we receive most of the Ukrainian grain, but then this grain is distributed around the world, including to the poorest countries. I would like to have a clearer picture, so we asked the UN secretariat who is engaged in this operation, and who has all the data, to provide statistics on the movement of grain to the final destination, Lavrov said.

The data requested from the UN will inform Russias decision on whether to remain in the grain deal, he added.

Lavrov also complained that the second part of the agreement, which deals with the supply of Russian food and fertilizers to the world market, is practically not implemented.

Lavrov argued there was a need for clear legal exemptions from sanctions for Russian companies, and guarantees for the free entry of Russian ships into European ports and foreign ships into Russian ones. He said one of the key problems is the sanctions imposed against the Russian Agricultural Bank, the main financial institution servicing the supply of fertilizers and grain to world markets.

There is a lot of work. The deal expires in November. And we proceed from the fact that before the issue of its extension is considered, all the issues mentioned will be resolved in a satisfactory way, Lavrov said.

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Russia is bringing new military units into Kherson as it prepares to defend the city from any fresh Ukrainian offensive, the head of Ukraines Defense Intelligence Agency said in an interview with Kyiv-based news website Ukrainska Pravda.

Maj. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov said that, while Moscow was moving injured people, cash and the Russian-installed administrative authorities and financial institutions out of the city, it was putting more troops in.

[Russian bank] Promsvyazbank and other financial structures that the Russians brought there are being taken out, Budanov said.

They are taking out cash, [internet] servers, the so-called occupation authorities All the non-walking, seriously injured are being taken out, they are trying to discharge those who can walk as soon as possible from hospitals They create the illusion that everything is lost, added Budanov.

And at the same time, on the contrary, they bring new military units there and prepare the streets of the city for defense.

Budanov said Moscow was acting out of fear that Ukrainian troops might retake the critical Kakhovka dam, which lies to the east of Kherson, and encircle its troops in the city. 

They understand that if we take at least control over the Kakhovka dam they will have to make a decision very quickly. Either [they will have to] very, very quickly leave the city and get out, or they risk ending up in the same situation that our units in Mariupol found themselves in earlier, he said.

Understanding all this, they are preparing the ground so that, if necessary, they can get out of there very quickly. However, they are not preparing to leave now. They are preparing to defend.

Budanov repeated allegations that the Russians had partially mined the dam.

He said he didnt believe Russian forces would completely destroy it, because doing so would flood much of the Kherson region and cut off the water supply to annexed Crimea and the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.

In other words, if you make a complete destruction, then the scenario is as follows. Are they ready for it? I dont think so, he said.