INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russian President Vladimir Putin will host his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday, the Kremlin said, amid hopes the two
countries can restore a deal ensuring safe passage for Ukrainian grain shipments.In July, Russia pulled out from the UN-backed grain deal
that Turkey helped broker, effectively revoking safe navigation for civilian ships sailing through the Black Sea."Negotiations will indeed
take place in Sochi on Monday," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Friday.Moscow's announcement came shortly after Ukraine
said two more ships were sailing through a temporary corridor Kyiv had set up to ensure safe navigation."Two vessels are sailing through a
temporary corridor from Ukraine's Black Sea ports to the Bosphorus [Strait in Turkey]," Ukraine's Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr
considered military targets.Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on a visit to Moscow on Thursday that reviving the deal to ship
Ukrainian grain across the Black Sea was "critical" for global food security.Ankara wants the warring sides to return to the agreement and
use it as a basis for broader peace talks.Moscow says the previous agreement imposed indirect restrictions on its grain and fertilizer
exports by limiting Russia's access to global payment systems and insurance.It has repeatedly said it could return to the deal if its
