Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
According to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, As of May 2022, at least 400,000 tons of grain were stolen and exported from Russian-occupied Ukraine. [2] [3] A study by the Kyiv School of Economics found that the Russian invasion cost Ukraine's agricultural sector $4.3 billion in destroyed equipment, damaged land and unharvested crops. [4]
2022 Russian theft of Ukrainian grain; ... Grain From Ukraine program This page was last ... Statistics; Cookie statement;
[26] [37] Theft of grain from occupied regions of Ukraine has the potential to intensify food crises, with both the Ukrainian Minister of Agriculture and the U.N. World Food Programme warning that this could worsen the Ukrainian food crisis, and even exacerbate global hunger. [38]
Ukraine was the fourth-largest grain supplier globally before Russia's February 2022 invasion and in value terms grain accounted for half of its total exports last year.
Ukraine is a major global wheat and corn grower and before Russia's invasion in 2022 the country exported about 6 million tons of grain alone per month via the Black Sea.
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
A grain agreement was signed by Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the United Nations to open Ukrainian ports. [22] This resulted in grain shipment by 27 vessels from Ukraine between June and August 2022 which stalled in October and then resumed in November 2022. [23] In addition, the World Bank announced a new $12 billion fund to address the food crises.
Ukraine's port infrastructure has suffered frequent Russian attacks since Russia withdrew last summer from a U.N.-brokered deal that had guaranteed safe shipments of Ukrainian grain.