Germany Accuses Putin of Provoking the Global Food Crisis
- Minister says Russia trying to weaken international alliance
- Baerbock warns of ‘brutal hunger,’ especially in Africa
A Ukrainian army officer inspects a grain warehouse shelled by Russian forces, on May 6.
Photographer: John Moore/Getty Images
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German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock accused Russia of deliberately provoking a global food crisis to try to weaken the international alliance against its war in Ukraine.
Russia is destroying transport routes and storage facilities for Ukrainian grain, which is pushing up prices and threatening to unleash “brutal hunger” around the world, especially in Africa, Baerbock said at a news conference after talks with Group of Seven counterparts in northern Germany.