EU, 'raid on Odessa blows global food security'

"Russia's attacks on Odessa must be seen for what they are: lethal 'food missiles' directly affecting global food security and the most vulnerable in the Global South. This must stop now." EU Council President Charles Michel wrote in a tweet. The Kremlin said on Monday that the West triggered a global food crisis by imposing the harshest sanctions in modern history on Russia for the war in Ukraine. Antonio Guterres said Wednesday he was in intensive contact with Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, the United States and the European Union in an effort to restore grain exports from Ukraine as the global food crisis worsens. Russian President, Vladimir Putin, said said the Kremlin, it agrees with the UN assessment that the world has faced a food crisis that could lead to famine. “Russia has always been a pretty reliable grain exporter,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.