Christian Aid: Russia's weaponisation of food exports is an attack on world's poorest people

International development agency, Christian Aid, says the hail of Russian missiles and threats against Ukraine's Black Sea ports and grain storage facilities this week, is a devastating blow for poor countries and has urged all parties keep talking to find a way for grain to reach countries such as South Sudan.

Christian Aid's Global Crisis Context Lead, Elizabeth Hallinan, said: "This weaponisation of food exports by Russia is an attack on the world's poorest people. It looks now that Russia has no interest in finding a deal to keep food flowing across the Black Sea to countries in need.

"With international wheat prices now surging as a result of this rapid escalation, more vulnerable people will now be plunged into hunger. It is more critical than ever that all parties keep talking to find a way for grain to reach countries such as South Sudan that are desperate to feed their people."

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