At the same time, Putin, as always, lied, because Russia began blocking Ukrainian ports even before the sanctions – on the eve of the invasion.
The head of the terrorist state Vladimir Putin told French President Emmanuel Macron that the threat to food security in the world comes directly from the issue of sanctions against Russia. According to the Kremlin's press service, the French leader touched on the threat of famine in a telephone conversation with Putin on Tuesday.
In particular, Macron expressed Putin's concern about global food security./p>
To which he received the answer that the threat to global food security is caused primarily by Western sanctions against Russia, the Kremlin reports.
“In this context, Vladimir Putin stressed that the situation on this issue is complicated primarily by Western sanctions, and stressed the importance of the smooth functioning of global logistics and transport infrastructure,” the Kremlin said.
Recall that Russia began to block Ukrainian ports on the eve of the invasion , under the pretext of conducting military exercises.
More about what the Kremlin's desire to close the Black and Azov Seas could lead to, ZN.UA wrote a week before Russia's attack. Read about it in the article Volodymyr Kravchenko “ Not by war, but by blockade?” .
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According to the UN, the war in Ukraine was a factor influencing the world food crisis. Russia's war against Ukraine could lead to famine and poverty for much of humanity on a scale never seen before, said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
More than 275 million people worldwide are facing acute food shortages due to the full-scale invasion of the territory of Ukraine. This was stated by US Treasury Secretary Janet Ellen. According to her, the Russian invasion has led to a sharp rise in commodity prices, increasing global inflationary pressures and threatening energy and food security, trade flows and the external balance in many countries.
One of the reasons is the occupiers blocking the supply of Ukrainian grain to other countries . Russian troops bomb three ships in the Black Sea and block another 94 ships with food in Ukrainian ports , preventing them from entering the Mediterranean Sea.
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About 4.5 million tons of grain remain in Ukrainian ports. Grain cannot be exported because most sea routes are closed due to a large-scale war waged by Russia.
The closure of Ukrainian ports in the Black Sea could provoke a global food catastrophe, which in turn will lead to hunger, mass migration and political instability in the world. This was warned by the Executive Director of the UN World Food Program David Beasley. span>
The situation affects primarily the countries of the Middle East, Africa and some parts of Asia, where millions of people are on the brink of starvation and cheap bread is becoming for them in fact one of the few opportunities to survive.
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Before the beginning of the new Russian armed aggression on February 24, Kyiv was one of the largest exporters of wheat.
March 27 Ukraine began to supply grain abroad by rail .
