“The world is facing an acute lack of food if Russia does not remove the blockade of Ukrainian ports on the Black Sea.” The Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Alexander Kubrakov said this in the interval of Financial Times.
According to him, Ukraine and its allies are looking for opportunities to take about 22 million tons of grain from the country, despite the fact that Russia has seized some of the largest seaports, and the Russian fleet blocks Ukrainian sea transportation, pose a threat to dozens of millions of people depending on From the supply of grain from Ukraine.
The minister explained that the possibilities of transportation for other types of transport – road, river and rail – are not enough to take out grain reserves.
“all this will not be 20% of the volume that we could send through the ports of the Black Sea. Despite the fact that transport companies make” superhuman “efforts and the volume of exports is growing every month, in the short term it will be possible to raise it in the short term The best case is up to 30% of the export capacities of Ukraine through the Black Sea, ”Censor quotes him. Non.
Minister Kubrakov also stated that the blockade arranged by Russia can lead to a global hunger, and that the Kremlin blackmail the West with a threat of hunger in Africa and requires relief of sanctions.