Russia's Attacks in The Black Sea Threaten Global Grain Supply
A field in Ukraine’s southern region of Mykolvaiv in August. Despite a strong growing season, attacks on Black Sea shipping routes have choked off exports.Credit...Jędrzej Nowicki for The New York Times By Carlotta Gall and Kamila Hrabchuk Carlotta Gall and Kamila Hrabchuk visited farmers in the southern region of Mykolaiv, Ukraine New York Times It was a bumper harvest this year and barns in southern Ukraine are filled with great golden mounds of grain. Yet farmers in Ukraine’s prime agricultural belt say they are facing ruin, and experts warn the world may be staring at another global food shock as Russia and Ukraine, both major exporters of grain, intensify attacks on ports and shipping in the Black Sea. “We don’t know how we will survive,” said Viktor Zvirishyn, 57, a farmer who lives in a village in the southern region of Mykolaiv. “There’s almost nowhere to store it,” he added. Because the grain cannot get out through Ukrainian ports and Bla...