Vladimir Putin’s blockade of Black Sea ports will push millions across the world into starvation, a Ukrainian MP warned today. Kira Rudik, leader of the opposition liberal Golos party, said countries reliant on Ukraine’s cereals face famine unless Russia’s blockade is lifted. Before the war Ukraine was in the top three world producers of wheat, grains, sunflower oil. AdvertisementMeanwhile, David Beasley, head of the World Food Programme, warned the UN that failure to open ports in Odesa would be a “declaration of war on global food security”. Every time that you see your energy bill going up, it is the result of the war in Ukraine and Putin.

Source: Huffington Post May 31, 2022 15:07 UTC