The Russian military is provoking a global food crisis.
Russia's war in Ukraine could trigger a global food crisis, according to US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman .
One of the reasons is the blockade by the occupiers of supplies of Ukrainian grain to other countries , Sherman quotes CNN. Russian troops have bombed three ships in the Black Sea and blocked another 94 ships with food in Ukrainian ports, preventing them from entering the Mediterranean.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations estimates that food shortages could affect up to 13 million people worldwide.
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We will remind, on March 27 Ukraine began to carry out deliveries of grain abroad by the railway as because of war the Ukrainian seaports appeared blocked by the Russian occupiers.
According to experts, due to the war, a third of Ukrainians may have problems with food. Some talk about the threat of hunger. The war will have a negative impact on other countries as well – Ukraine is one of the most important food exporters. These are wheat, vegetable oil, corn and other agricultural products from our country.
What should be the response to the economic challenges of war, read in the articles by Anatoly Tkachuk “The threat of hunger. Our response to the Russian invaders “and Natalia Vlasyuk” Economic echo of Russian aggression “in ZN.UA.
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