”In case Russia bans exports from Russia to Turkey of grain and oil, Ukraine is ready to lend a hand to Turkey and we will ensure food security of Turkey," said Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk at a Government meeting on Wednesday, 2 December.

The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, he stressed, had already received appropriate instructions and held consultations with Turkish partners.

Arseniy Yatsenyuk noted that the information on possible introduction by Russia of trade embargo to export to Turkey of grain crops and oil "fits the general policy of the Russian Federation": "Russia has waged a trade war and trade aggression not only against Ukraine, but in fact against all the countries with which it had friendly relations".