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Wednesday’s missile and drone attacks appeared to home in on Ukraine’s grain export infrastructure, Ukrainian officials said. In Chornomorsk, just south of Odesa, 60,000 tons of grain waiting to be loaded on to ships was destroyed in the attack, according to Ukraine’s agricultural minister. That is enough to feed more than 270,000 people for a year, according to the World Food Program.
Josep Borrell Fontelles, the European Union’s top diplomat, harshly criticized Russia, saying that not only had Moscow withdrawn from the grain agreement, “but they are burning the grain,” too.
“What we already know is that this is going to create a big, a huge food crisis in the world,” he told reporters ahead of an E.U. meeting in Brussels.
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The Biden administration has warned that the Russian military may expand its targeting of grain shipments from Ukraine to include civilian ships traveling through the Black Sea.
The statement came after Russia backed out of a wartime agreement to allow grain exports from Ukraine through the Black Sea and after it suggested that ships headed to Ukrainian ports could be treated as hostile.
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Josep Borrell Fontelles, the European Union’s top diplomat, harshly criticized Russia, saying that not only had Moscow withdrawn from the grain agreement, “but they are burning the grain,” too.
“What we already know is that this is going to create a big, a huge food crisis in the world,” he told reporters ahead of an E.U. meeting in Brussels.
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The Biden administration has warned that the Russian military may expand its targeting of grain shipments from Ukraine to include civilian ships traveling through the Black Sea.
The statement came after Russia backed out of a wartime agreement to allow grain exports from Ukraine through the Black Sea and after it suggested that ships headed to Ukrainian ports could be treated as hostile.
Ukraine Hits Back at Russia Over Black Sea Threats
A day after Moscow warned that attempts to get past its naval blockade might be seen as an act of war, fears were rising that the conflict could escalate and severely disrupt commercial shipping.
