Russo-Ukrainian War: Russia and Ukraine produce 30% of the global wheat supply.
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Russia on Wednesday rejected suggestions that grain trapped in Ukrainian ports is fueling a global food crisis as Moscow pushes for a military offensive.
Moscow’s campaign in the pro-Western country has not only devastated crops and agriculture, but also disrupted vital deliveries from Ukraine – one of the world’s main grain producers – raising concerns. concerns about hunger and food prices worldwide.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters: “As far as we know, there is much less grain than Ukrainians say. There is no need to exaggerate the importance of stockpiles. this cereal”.
“This is too small a percentage to affect the development of a food crisis that has already begun,” he said. “It is not the Ukraine crisis that caused or accelerated the world food crisis,” he said. “.
“The Ukrainian side has to say what they need, whether they want to send this grain somewhere or not,” Peskov added.
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who is in Ankara for talks aimed at creating a security corridor to transport grain from Ukraine, made a similar note.
Lavrov added: “The current situation with Ukrainian grains has nothing to do with the food crisis.
Russia and Ukraine produce 30% of the global wheat supply.
Russia has repeatedly denied blocking Ukraine’s grain-laden cargo ships, instead blaming Western sanctions on Moscow for contributing to the food crisis.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday that about 20-25 million tons of grain are currently blocked at Ukrainian ports and could increase to 70-75 million tons by autumn.
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