Analysis-Ukraine lacks viable plan B to boost grain exports via rail, road or river

FILE PHOTO: A combine harvests wheat in a field near the village of Zghurivka, in Kyiv region, Ukraine August 9, 2022. REUTERS/Viacheslav Musiienko/File Photo

KYIV/WARSAW/LONDON (Reuters) - Ukraine has few viable options currently to boost grain exports by rail, road or river barge anytime soon if a United Nations-brokered deal with Moscow to export by sea runs into trouble.

Ukraine is one of the world's leading grain and oilseed exporters and a Russian blockade of its ports after Moscow invaded its southern neighbour in February triggered higher global prices for basic foods.