The President of Ukraine warned that blockades of Ukrainian ports on the Black Sea by Russian forces is putting the world “on the brink of a terrible food crisis” that could condemn millions of people to starvation.

We cannot export our wheat, corn, vegetable oil and other products that have played a stabilizing role in the global market. This means that, unfortunately, dozens of countries could face physical food shortages. Millions of people could starve if the Russian blockade of the Black Sea continues”, Volodymyr Zelensky warned.

The warning came in an 11-minute speech in which Ukraine’s president reacted by being named the world’s most influential person by Time magazine.

Ukrainian head of state accused Vladimir Putin of “blackmailing the hungry world”. Insisting on praising Boris Johnson for the help he is giving to Ukraine, Zelensky recalled that while both are looking for “ways to protect freedom, someone else is destroying it”: “He is another in every sense of the word.”

I have a lot of respect for Boris Johnson. He is a true friend of Ukraine and a staunch defender of freedom. But unfortunately not everything depends on it so that millions of people in Africa, Asia and Latin America have food on their tables”, said the president of Ukraine.

Zelensky asks for “a vaccine against Covid-22 brought by Russia”

The Ukrainian president also suggested that the difficulties faced by the various countries of the world in the first days of the pandemic are repeated with the war; is that a “Covid-22 vaccine brought by Russia” is needed.

Weapons and sanctions are also a vaccine. A vaccine against Covid-22 brought by Russia. Hate is a virus and it is even deadlier than Covid-19. It spreads through propaganda. Thanks to the impunity of the murderers”, compared the head of state.

Zelensky was referring to the health professionals who fought against the pressure exerted by Covid-19 in hospitals and who were also featured in Time 100 magazine, with the 100 most influential personalities in the world.

“When hate knocks on your door, will you be ready? Will any mask protect you from the Russian Covid-22? And why is it so difficult to get the vaccine against it, the weapons and the sanctions, in sufficient quantities?” Zelensky asked.

President accused “some countries” of pretending that “Covid-22 does not exist, just like the conspiracy theorists did with covid-19.” “Why don’t some people learn anything even from blood and death?” he added.