Zelenskyy does not rule out possible tragedy for the world’s food security

Due to russia's aggression, all Ukrainian ports have been closed, and if they're not unblocked, there will be a tragedy for the world's food security, because Ukraine will not be able to deliver the harvest to Europe.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced this in an interview with the Australian TV channel Nine Network, Ukrinform reports.

"Today all ports are closed, the sea route is blocked for the export of our food products, our food industry in general, our metallurgy in general. It's not just risks, risks have already passed. Today it will be a great tragedy for food security in Europe and the world, Asia and Africa, where Ukraine has always been a guaranteed reliable partner. This is a big problem, the pricing policy will be high for food, we may lose millions, tens of millions of tons of harvest already harvested," Zelenskyy said.

He added that russia did not release or admit ships yet; it controls the Black Sea, but nevertheless Ukraine wants to unblock these routes and be able to prevent russia from causing a food crisis, which will surely happen if our state fails to deliver crops to European countries, and then to other countries.

The President stressed that the cynicism of the situation is that Russia is launching missile strikes on Ukraine's infrastructure in order to completely block the possibility of exports and the economy of our country.