KYIV, April 25 – The reason for the increase in European grain prices is not the cost of Ukrainian grain, but the war unleashed by the Russian Federation against Ukraine, Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Mykola Solsky said on Tuesday speaking at a meeting of the EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council via a video link.

"The problems of farmers in European countries are not the fault of Ukrainian farmers. The root cause of such a situation on the European market is not the price of Ukrainian grain, but the war unleashed by Russia against Ukraine. This war, let me remind you, has been going on for nine years already. We are going through the second year terrible and cynical terror, the destruction of everything Ukrainian by the Russian aggressor," Solsky was quoted by the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy.