The grain war is back in the Black Sea: Russia blocks Ukrainian exports and threatens the next harvest
Ukraine's grain exports have plummeted by 75% in the first two weeks of August because of an intensification of attacks.
The war in Ukraine is once again being fought over one of the most sensitive arteries of the global economy: grain trade. Russian attacks on Ukrainian ports and ships in the Black Sea have reduced grain exports to minimal levels in recent weeks, just as the country faces the peak wheat harvest and prepares to start corn collection.
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