The head of the terrorist state, Vladimir Putin, told French President Emanuel Macron that the threat to food security in the world stems directly from the issue of sanctions against Russia.. According to the press service of the Kremlin, the famine leader of France touched upon the threat in a telephone conversation with Putin on Tuesday..
In particular, Macron expressed Putin's concern about the problem of ensuring global food security..
To which he received an answer that the threat to global food security is caused, first of all, by the sanctions measures of the West against Russia, the Kremlin reports..
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Recall that Russia began blocking Ukrainian ports on the eve of the invasion under the pretext of conducting military exercises..
Learn more about what the Kremlin's desire to close the Black and Azov Seas could lead to, ZN. UA wrote a week before the Russian attack. Read about it in Vladimir Kravchenko's article \?
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According to the UN, it was the war in Ukraine that became a factor influencing the global food crisis.. Russia's war against Ukraine could lead to hunger and poverty for large numbers of humanity on a scale not seen in decades, says UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
More than 275 million people around the world are facing severe food insecurity due to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. US Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen. According to her, the Russian invasion has led to a sharp increase in commodity prices, adding to global inflationary pressures and posing threats to energy and food security, trade flows and external balances in many countries..
One of the reasons is the blocking by the invaders of the supply of Ukrainian grain to other countries.. Russian troops have bombed three ships in the Black Sea and are blocking another 94 food ships in Ukrainian ports, preventing them from entering the Mediterranean..
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About 4.5 million tons of grain remain blocked in Ukrainian ports. Grain cannot be exported as most of the sea routes are closed due to the large-scale war unleashed by Russia.
The cessation of the work of Ukrainian ports in the Black Sea can 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.
The situation primarily affects the countries of the Middle East, Africa and some regions of Asia, where millions of people are on the verge of starvation and inexpensive bread is actually one of the few ways for them to survive..
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Before the start of a new Russian armed aggression on February 24, Kyiv was one of the largest exporters of wheat.
On March 27, Ukraine began to supply grain abroad by rail.