KYIV (Reuters) - Russia has destroyed almost 300,000 metric tons of grain since July in attacks on Ukraine's port facilities and on ships, the Ukrainian government said on Friday, underscoring the war's threat to global food security.
In summer, Moscow quit a U.N.-brokered deal that had allowed exports of Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea safely.
Russia has attacked port facilities on both the Black Sea and Danube River.
Kubrakov said 21 grain-loaded vessels have already used a new "humanitarian" grain corridor in the Black Sea that Kyiv established in August.
He said that under the previous U.N. Black Sea Grain Initiative, Ukraine had exported 33 million tonnes of grain, with 60% of that shipped to African and Asian countries.
Persons:
Moscow, Oleksandr Kubrakov, Kubrakov, Olena, Ron Popeski, Rod Nickel
Organizations:
Russian Defence Ministry, Initiative
Locations:
Russia, Ukraine