
Ukraine’s leader, Volodymyr Zelensky said in his speech at the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday, September 19, that Russia’s war against Ukraine poses a threat to global security as the Kremlin weaponizes energy and food against nations across the world.
Zelensky said that blocking Ukraine’s grain exports and attacking Ukrainian ports is a plot by Russia to escalate global food shortages and blackmail the world into recognizing its conquest of Ukraine’s territory.
“It is a clear Russia’s attempt to weaponize the food shortage on the global market in exchange for recognition for some if not all captured territories,” Zelensky said.
Zelensky turned his criticism also toward Kyiv’s partners who continue to block Ukraine’s grain imports despite the already dire situation caused by the Russian blockade.
“It is alarming to see how some of our friends in Europe play with our solidarity in a political theater,” he said, adding that these nations are inadvertently “helping to set the…
Source: Linda Ikeji