Russia Attacks Bulk Ships and Puts World Food Supply at Risk

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Moscow intensified attacks on merchant ships and Ukrainian Black Sea ports in the middle of the harvest season, drastically reduced Ukraine’s export capacity and re-installed fear of a global food crisis similar to 2022. The case of the Golden Leo, a bulk carrier loaded with corn that was hit on July 19 in front of Chornomorsk, left nine crew members dead and ended up sinking a week later. Ukrainian officials claim that dozens of ships were atta…

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UKRAINE- While some families were walking along a malecon in the Ukrainian port city of Odessa recently, a lonely cargo ship was sailing in the distance. Suddenly, a drone fell from the clear blue sky and crashed into the boat, raising a column of smoke on the horizon.The attack, which I witnessed at the end of July, was part of a Russian campaign directed against cargo ships that has paralysed almost all Odessa's maritime traffic, the most cruc…