 Kiev will aim to secure the reopening of food and grain transit via Poland as a first step at talks and Warsaw on Monday, Ukraine's agriculture minister said, after Poland and Hungary announced bans on some imports from Ukraine. Some black seaports were blocked after Russia's invasion of Ukraine began in February last year and large quantities of Ukrainian grain, which is cheaper than that produced in the European Union, ended up staying in central European countries because of logistical bottlenecks. This hit prices and sales for local farmers, putting pressure on governments that had turned to the European Union for action before Warsaw and Budapest took their own decisions over the weekend. Poland's ban on grains, in effect since Saturday evening, also applied to transit through the country. Officials have said it is meant to keep grain transport from entering the Polish market.