The Latest Developments in the Russia-Ukraine Conflict and Grain Export Deals.

The Black Sea grain deal has been extended for two more months, Ukraine refuses to accept any proposals to end the war that involve losing territory or freezing the conflict, China has asked foreign missions in Beijing not to display “politicised propaganda” on their buildings, the EU foreign policy chief has asked EU governments to add €3.5bn to the European Peace Facility, Hungary said it would block the next tranche of EU military support and any new sanctions against Russia unless Ukraine removes Hungarian bank OTP from its list of war sponsors, and the German government is looking into mechanisms to secure war damages for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.