Russia pulled out of UN-brokered grain deal and the world is not happy
Last week, Russia revoked its agreement to the United Nations-brokered deal that was meant to ease a global food crisis and assist in delivering grain from clogged Ukraine ports in the Black Sea. The suspension of Russian operations and cooperation has drawn criticism from the west, led by U.S. President Joe Biden who called the move, “purely outrageous”. Russia has claimed that the move is a result of a major Ukrainian drone attack on a fleet near Russian-annexed Crimea and that British navy “specialists” joined forces with Ukraine to deploy the attack.
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has stated that the global food crisis created by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has now been renewed and urged the country to reconsider its decision. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s chief of staff went as far as to accuse Russia of fabricating the attacks on its facilities to use as a reason for pulling out of the agreement.
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