The world is facing a global food crisis as a result of the war in Ukraine — and naval mines are a big part of the problem.
for the un-moored mines. Moscow has also blamed the international sanctions imposed on the country for the global food crisis, and said that exports can restart as soon as Ukraine removes the mines from its ports.
"You can completely understand why Ukraine would be using sea mines right now. The chance of amphibious assault on Odesa has been something explicitly made by the Russians," he said Thursday."The mines are a real barrier to grain exports from Ukraine ... and they're a big problem," Sidharth Kaushal, a naval power expert with the Royal United Services Institute think tank, told CNBC Thursday, noting that Russia had been strategic about the mines.
He also claimed that Russia would guarantee the safety of Ukrainian ships leaving the ports, and would not use the situation — essentially a de-mined, undefended southern Ukrainian coast — to its advantage. In the meantime, the United Nations continues to warn about the ripple effects of the war in Ukraine, which it says has generated a severe cost-of-living crisis and impacted food security, energy, and financing.
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