![]() ![]() The shutdown of Ukraine’s Black Sea exports this week has raised fears of a repeat of a global surge in food prices that resulted from the Russian invasion of Ukraine last year. Russia and Ukraine together accounted for 28% of the world’s exported wheat before the war, with much of it shipped via the Black Sea. ![]() Russia and Ukraine now risk a widening of the war that could have major consequences for global food security. Ukraine responded with its own warning, saying that all ships heading to Russia and areas of Russian-occupied Ukraine would be considered to be carrying military cargo “with all the associated risks.” The warning also banned cargo ships from entering certain areas in international waters in the Black Sea. Russia threatened on Wednesday to attack any civilian ships heading to Ukraine, saying it would regard any such ships as potentially carrying military supplies. Russian forces also launched waves of missile and drone strikes on Ukraine’s ports and grain export infrastructure this week, destroying more than 60,000 tons of grain. Russia backed out of the grain agreement Monday, reimposing a de facto blockade of Ukraine’s largest ports. ISTANBUL-Moscow’s withdrawal from an international grain export agreement this week has pushed Russia and Ukraine to the brink of a new phase in their war, threatening Black Sea shipping lanes that supply much of the world’s food. Moscow’s attacks on Ukrainian ports and threats to attack civilian ships launch a game of brinkmanship with neighbors Russia’s Threats to Shipping Bring Risk of War to Black Sea ![]()
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