Concerns rise as Russia resumes grain blockade of Ukraine
Russia resumed its blockade of Ukrainian ports on Sunday, cutting off urgently needed grain exports to hungry parts of the world in what US President Joe Biden called a “really outrageous” act.
Biden warned that global hunger could increase because of Russia’s suspension of a UN-brokered deal to allow safe passage of ships carrying grain from Ukraine, one of the world’s breadbaskets.
Ukraine’s Infrastructure Ministry reported Sunday that 218 ships involved in grain exports have been blocked — 22 loaded and stuck at ports, 95 loaded and departed from ports, and 101 awaiting inspections.
One of the blocked ships, carrying 40,000 tons of wheat for Ethiopia under a UN aid program, could not leave Ukraine on Sunday as a result of Russia’s “blockage of the grain corridor.”
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