Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba announced that his country has decided to deliver food exports to Africa and other regions of the world by two land routes in order to save millions of people from starvation, stressing that “the Russian blockade of our ports must be ended so that we can resume full export of materials.” food and cereals around the world. “Russia is putting millions of people at risk of starvation by closing our ports,” he said.

Earlier, the World Bank said it would allocate $12 billion over the next 15 months for new projects to address the global food crisis, which is exacerbated by the war in Ukraine.

Russian delegate to the Security Council Vasily Nebenzya, during a speech at the UN Security Council in New York, stressed that “it is unacceptable to blame Russia for the global food crisis”, noting that “Ukraine stores grain in its ports.” “And it was she who placed the mines in the sea.”