Ships carrying grain from Ukraine after Russian attacks, world expects cheap grain

A ship carrying grain has left the Ukrainian port city of Odessa for the first time since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This has given hope that this road will open for the supply of food grains in the world in future also, which will give relief in the rising prices of food grains. However, a fierce war continues in Russia-Ukraine. As of Monday, no one has claimed responsibility for the drone blast at Naval Headquarters from Sevastopol. It is suspected that the attack was carried out by Ukrainian rebels.

Russia’s parliamentarian in Crimea, Olga Kovitidi, told that the drone was fired from Sevastopol itself. Treating the incident as a terrorist act, investigation is underway, he said. In view of this, the Crimean administration has raised the terror threat level in the region to ‘yellow’. Meanwhile, news of relief has come from the Ministry of Defense of Turkey. The ship carrying the Sierra Leone (West African country) flag on the cargo ‘Rajoni’ has left for Lebanon from Odessa port and will reach Istanbul on Tuesday, he said.

After investigation here, he will be sent further. The ship is carrying over 26,000 tonnes of maize. Ukraine’s Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said, “Today, together with our partners, we are taking another step to save the world from starvation.”

Hope for relief in rising inflation
Turkey’s Defense Ministry said that other ships would also leave Ukrainian ports through secure corridors in line with the deals signed in Istanbul on 22 July. Although he did not give much information in this regard, but it is believed that if the consignments of food grains start going through the safe corridors, then the inflation coming due to the shortage of food grains in the world will come down significantly. The UN-mediated agreement between Russia, Ukraine and Turkey allows Ukraine to export 22 million tonnes of grain and other agricultural products. This grain is stuck in the ports of the Black Sea due to the war.

Massive bombing in the north of Ukraine
Heavy bombing continued on Monday in the Sumy region near the Russian border in Ukraine’s north. One person died in this. Earlier, Donesak Governor Pavlo Kililenko said three people had died in attacks in the area. The region is partially controlled by Russian separatists. It was told that the situation in Mykolyev, Sumy and Donetsk region has worsened and people are hiding in bunkers.

Millions of tons of food grains lying in warehouses
Millions of tons of Ukraine’s grain is locked in many warehouses amid the ongoing war with Russia. Due to this, the situation of food crisis has arisen in the world. While Ukraine’s grain exports were halted due to Russian control over the Black Sea. After this the President of Ukraine had sought help from the UN and Turkey for the safe export of this grain. However, a day after this deal, Russia attacked Ukraine’s weapons depot in Odessa with missiles.

Many countries dependent on Ukrainian grain
Many countries of the world depend on Ukrainian grain. These include some African countries as well. They are also given food grains under the Food Program of the United Nations. In the case of sunflower oil, Ukraine speaks volumes. About 70 percent of India’s requirement of sunflower oil comes from Ukraine. Ukraine accounts for 42 percent of the world’s demand for sunflowers.