Food crisis warning from the EU – 24 hours

Russia to Ukraine snowThe war is bringing the world closer to a food crisis, largely based on agriculture Ukraine the economy is collapsing. With such a warning Europe The Union (EU) spoke.

The world Bankand this year Ukraine economy will shrink by half A day later, on April 11, a leading EU diplomat said that, Russia’s bombing of fields and its refusal to allow wheat-laden ships to leave ports pose a threat beyond its borders. This is also the global economy coronavirus occurs at a time when he is trying to recover from a pandemic.

“They are starving”

“It simply came to our notice then. Ukrainian cities are being bombed and “They are starving the world,” Borrell told reporters after a meeting with EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg.

The world Bankand April 10spread in reportnotes in that, Production in Ukraine will fall by 45 percent, and the final scale of economic decline in the country will be “the duration of the war.” and intensity ”will depend.

“Russia’s occupation Ukraine “It’s a big blow to the economy and infrastructure.” Bankof Europe and Anna Byerde, vice president for the Central Asian region, said.

To Ukraine on February 24 snowstarted the war Russia Faced with severe Western sanctions, its economy is more diplomatic than most of the world and economically isolated.

Russia 11 percent decline forecast for

World Bank Russia The economy is projected to shrink by 11 percent this year.

Russia has destroyed the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol on the Azov Sea, killing a number of major cities, including its population. according to The second largest city was destroyed in Kharkov.

Airports, railways are bombed, many bridges are destroyed that, All this has caused long-term damage to the Ukrainian economy.

10 More than a million Ukrainians, or a quarter of the population, have been displaced. More than 4 million of them are seeking asylum in other countries.

Here, the effects of all this will be felt outside the region, everywhere on the planet, Russia and He noted that Ukraine together accounts for more than 25 percent of world wheat exports. (Radio Liberty)