Putin accused of stealing Ukraine grain

 Newsmax:

Some world leaders are accusing Russian President Vladimir Putin with "blackmailing" the world food supply by stealing Ukrainian grain after satellite photos show Russian ships loading the food products onto cargo ships.

The Daily Mail reported Tuesday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Putin is "gradually stealing" Ukrainian grain and other food supplies, captured in Maxar Technology satellite photos in the Crimean Port of Sevastopol showing two large Russian cargo ships docking next to silos.

"The world community must help Ukraine unblock seaports, otherwise the energy crisis will be followed by a food crisis and many more countries will face it," Zelenskyy said Saturday in a CNN story. "Russia has blocked almost all ports and all, so to speak, maritime opportunities to export food — our grain, barley, sunflower, and more. A lot of things."

According to the report, Russian and Ukrainian grain make up about 30% of global trade, in addition to Ukraine being the fourth largest exporter of corn and selling about half of its wheat to the United Nations World Food Program to battle world hunger.
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Russia has been under economic pressure from sanctions ever since it invaded Ukraine.  It may be desperate enough to steal the Ukraine grain and try to sell it. 

See, also:

British warships could be sent in to protect freighters carrying crucial Ukrainian grain and break Putin's blockade of Black Sea ports that is threatening to cause a world food crisis

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