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• Ukraine is the world's fourth-largest grain exporter, with 44.7 million tons supplied outside in 2020-21
Ukraine's Defense Ministry said Russian forces have stolen 400,000 tons of grain from the Southern part of the country.
The grain was allegedly seized from the Ukrainian provinces of Zaporizhia, Kherson, Donetsk, and Luhansk.
“At least 400,000 tons of grain were stolen by Russia in the occupied south of Ukraine. That’s over 6,000 hoppers. Russian thieves are bringing death and famine to the world,” the ministry said in a tweet.
Aside from stealing grain, Russia has been attacking grain silos, farming infrastructure, and fertilizer shops, as well as seizing farm vehicles worth millions of pounds.
Ukraine is a major grain exporter, with 44.7 million tons supplied outside in 2020-21, making it the world's fourth-largest provider.
However, since Russia's invasion, exports have plummeted, and the United Nations has warned that 1.7 billion people worldwide may suffer poverty and starvation as a result of food shortages caused by the war.
Moscow has been accused of seeking to starve Ukraine's resistance by orchestrating a famine.
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