Russia is weaponizing food with halt of Black Sea grain exports - Blinken

Russia halts Ukraine Black Sea grain exports, prompting food crisis concerns

US President Joe Biden called the move

Russia is weaponizing food with halt of Black Sea grain exports – Blinken

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russia’s halting of its participation in the United Nations-brokered Black Sea Grain Initiative grain deal is weaponizing food by exacerbating humanitarian crises, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Saturday.“Any act by Russia to disrupt these critical grain exports is essentially a statement that people and families around the world should pay more for food or go hungry,” Blinken said in a statement.

Russia is weaponizing food with halt of Black Sea grain exports: Blinken

US News: WASHINGTON: Russia's halting of its participation in the United Nations-brokered Black Sea Grain Initiative grain deal is weaponizing food by exacerba.

Biden Says Russia Is Weaponizing Food

“The United States called Russia’s announcement that it would withdraw from an agreement to allow the export of grain from Ukrainian ports ‘outrageous’ on Saturday and said Moscow was using food as a weapon,” the New York Times reports.Said Biden: “It’s really outrageous to increas

Russia halts Ukraine Black Sea grain exports, Biden outraged

Russia on Saturday (29 October) suspended participation in a UN-brokered Black Sea grain deal after what it said was a major Ukrainian drone attack on its fleet in Crimea, dealing a blow to attempts to ease the global food crisis.

Russia halts Ukraine Black Sea grain exports, Biden outraged

Russia on Saturday suspended participation in a UN-brokered Black Sea grain deal after what it said was a major Ukrainian drone attack on its fleet in Crimea, dealing a blow to attempts to ease the global food crisis.