Since Russia invaded Ukraine, Putin’s army has used a range of tactics and military hardware to try to gain an advantage in the war. But Russia’s latest weapon in the war could have global consequences – food.
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In the initial stages of the war, Russia moved its troops and tanks with support from attack helicopters and superior air power, but Ukraine largely repelled their advances. Russia is now focussed on a massive artillery and long-range scorched earth assault – flattening everything in its path.
But, throughout the campaign there has been a consistent target to undermine Ukraine’s stability and effectiveness in the war – food supplies and exports.
Stopping Ukraine from exporting food is cutting it off from crucial financial resources but there are growing fears of a much deadlier cost.
The EU’s foreign policy chief has declared that Russia’s blockade of Ukrainian grain is a war crime, preventing millions of tonnes from leaving ports while people around the world are suffering from hunger.
Meanwhile, Moscow has been taking convoys of stolen grain out of occupied areas into Russia itself.
President Zelenskyy said Ukraine was engaged in “complex negotiations” to unblock the grain, but fears are increasing that millions of people will be exposed to food shortages.
So, will Putin use food to gain an advantage of Ukraine and its allies, or can the world solve the problem of food?
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Whenever there is a big ☔️ ⛈ storm, a snake runs inside your house to hide. Instead of saying thank you, the snake bits you and this is how the Western World behave to the rest of the world. Double standards is what defines them. Russia has the right to defend itself. Stop sanctioning Russia and there will not be crying about global food crisis.
Stop the lying, Russia is not blockading any food from Ukraine. NATO sanctions and Ukrainian mines are the causes. We are not little children to tell fairy tales to. You guys are disgraceful.
There is no war crimes war itself is a crimes it produces lies death and hunger
Funny world. When the dollar was weaponized by America and it's allies, it was ok but now that Russia has weaponized there own farm produce, there is an outcry from the West trying to pitch the developing countries against Russia. The West should remove the sanctions and Russia will release the food because sanctions are what is delaying the food from being exported.
OIL is unhealthy so it don't matter
It's your own sanctions that will cause hunger.
Banning abortions will only make things worse. That's a fact
Let's get it over and done with the only silos that should be being emptied are the rocket silos. Let get world war thre over and done with.
Why the world should be dependent on Ukrainian grains? This is nothing but propaganda and blame game by west
Tic me my tanks on empty gmp. Good biden evacuated woman N kids cos he cares a laugh laugh laugh
Got to open up the Black Sea…When Diplomacy Fails…AMMO!
Their best T34 are still in storage… yeah
Ukraine without Russian oil, gas and fertilizers is not an agricultural power.
usa je kriv spasi rusa drugog svetskok rata od hit
Lesser for ukraine.. More for other..
why does ukraine mine the whole water !!
we dont eat wheat .. we eat rice and noodles .
Every time they say wheat I die a little inside.
Why you people report lies even when you know the truth what kind of stupidity is this Ukraine mine the ports it's not Russia stopping it .nonsense
This is white people bullshit Somali has bought wheat from Ukraine and we don't use anything with wheat in it so white people stop getting us involved in your problems
Putin is a genius. He figured out how oo take the country
His war will be affecting the world.
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