Russia 'steals 400,000 tons of grain' from Ukraine to spark famine warning
Kate Buck, UK | May 4, 2022Ukraine has accused Moscow of stealing 400,000 tonnes of grain in regions Russian troops are occupying.
Vladimir Putin ordered his troops to invade Ukraine in February but, after failing to take over the capital of Kyiv, ordered a new offensive in the south east of the county in a bid to fully take over the Donbas region.
Kate Buck
Kate Buck·Breaking News Editor, Yahoo News UK
May 4, 2022·5 min read
Andrii, a serviceman of the Ukrainian Armed Forces volunteer unit Karpatska Sich, walks inside a grain storage of a farmer enterprise, damaged during a Russian military strike, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine May 2, 2022. REUTERS/Serhii Nuzhnenko
Ukrainian soldier Andrii walks inside a grain storage of a farmer enterprise, damaged during a Russian military strike in Kharkiv. (Getty)
Ukraine has accused Moscow of stealing 400,000 tonnes of grain in regions Russian troops are occupying.
Vladimir Putin ordered his troops to invade Ukraine in February but, after failing to take over the capital of Kyiv, ordered a new offensive in the south east of the county in a bid to fully take over the Donbas region.
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Ukraine is a major exporter of grain, and sold 44.7 million tonnes abroad in 2020/21- making it the world's fourth-largest supplier.
But since Russia invaded, the volume of exports has fallen sharply, and the United Nations has warned 1.7 billion people worldwide may face poverty and hunger due to food disruptions as a result of the war.
According to the Kyiv Independent, Ukraine has now accused Russia of moving hundreds of thousands of tonnes of grain, threatening the supply chain of future harvests.
The grain has reportedly been taken from the areas of Zaporizhia, Kherson, Donetsk and Luhansk in the south-east. . .
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