The Associated Press published on 30 July 2023 an article titled "African Leaders Leave Russia Summit without Grain Deal or a Path to End the War in Ukraine" by Cara Anna.
After two days at the Russia-Africa Summit in St. Petersburg, African leaders departed with little to show for their requests to resume a deal that kept grain flowing from Ukraine and to find a path to end the war there. Putin's promise of 25,000 to 50,000 tons of free grain to six African countries is a surprisingly small amount compared to that provided by other donors.