The Crisis Report — 04

Things are getting very tense about the 20 million tons of grain stuck in Ukraine.

Here’s why.

If you are following the war in Ukraine you have probably noticed that things are getting tense about the 20 million tons of wheat stuck in ports in Ukraine. Stories like this are becoming frequent.

Russia’s grain blockade may require U.S. intervention, general suggests

Western officials have accused Moscow of using food as a form of blackmail, as Russia’s navy effectively controls all traffic in the northern third of the Black Sea, according to U.S. intelligence assessments.

The American general slated to become NATO’s next supreme allied commander warned that Russia’s blockade of Ukrainian grain exports could enable terrorist networks in other parts of the world and may require U.S. military intervention to ensure global markets don’t become destabilized.

U.S. intelligence document shows Russian naval blockade of Ukraine

World leaders call the Kremlin’s actions a deliberate attack on the global food supply chain.

Europe’s lost ‘breadbasket’: How Russia’s war in Ukraine is stoking a global food crisis