Russian planes hit a freight railcar repair factory in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on the weekend, a week after Russian President Vladimir Putin promised to facilitate the export of grain from the country.
The possibility that Moscow could weaponize the supply of food has been raised by the recent attacks on the rail car factory. It will make the global food shortage worse, as well as the effects of climate change.
Some analysts agree with comments made by the U.S. Secretary of State that Putin was blackmailing the world by holding food supplies hostage as part of his war strategy to end sanctions.
The manager of the Ukraine Forum at the Chatham House said that the Russian leadership creates problems and blames others.
Yes, they will blackmail the world and play heavy due to rising grain demand.
Putin wants the West to lift sanctions to allow more Russian grain to reach world markets. The world will be blackmailed due to rising grain demand.
The S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies has a different view of it.
The Western media and political elites are trying to make Putin and Russia look bad. Kleim said that the issue of food shortages should be seen in that light.
On Sunday, the Russian ministry of defense confirmed the destruction of military equipment at the facility on the outskirts of Kyiv.
Industrial buildings are often used by the Ukrainian military as strongholds and camouflage to stock and repair weaponry, according to a spokesman for the Russian Embassy in Singapore.
Alexander Kamyshin, the CEO of Ukrainian Railways, said there was no such equipment on the ground.
The railcar repairing facility in Kyiv was hit by Russian shells this morning. Kamyshin said that that was a lie on the social networking site.
There isn't any military machinery in our factory. The only railcars that help us export are freight cars.
The Russian embassy cautioned the use of social media comments and said that Russian troops in Ukraine were operating with utmost restraint and did not intentionally attack civilian targets not used for military purposes.
The UN said in March that civilians were killed and injured in indiscriminate attacks by Russian forces.
Satellite images show that the images of civilians in the streets were not staged.
CNBC couldn't confirm the statements made by both parties.
Trying to portray Russian action, as deplorable as it is generally, as a ploy to hasten a food crisis, even a famine is simply propaganda on part of the West.
The United Nations said that the global food crisis was caused by the war in Ukraine and the subsequent curtailment of Russia's grain exports.
According to the International Monetary Fund, the world is facing a potential confluence of disasters.
The International Monetary Fund said in a note late last month that Russia's invasion of Ukraine has compounded the Covid-19 epidemic and dragged down growth.
The UN says that 400 million people around the world rely on agriculture for food.
Russia's attacks on key seaports, such as Ukraine's Odessa and Mariupol earlier in the crisis, have already ceased trade and container movements in the Black Sea through which the region's food is transported.
Russia sabotaged Ukraine's ability to export grain and blamed it for "mining" in the open sea.
According to a research fellow at the RSIS in Singapore, certain segments of the West have sought to blame Russia for a lot of the things that happened in Ukraine.
He pointed out that there had been issues with food and goods before the war began. There was a surge in demand for goods and food after the lock downs.
Kleim said that portraying Russian action as a ploy to hasten a food crisis is propaganda for the west.
He said there was no reason to think that Putin was driven by morbid cynicism since wealthier countries had contributed to the food problem by snatching up staple items in the market.
Professional investors are speculating with basic food commodities and oil. He said this is the real outrage.
Putin was playing by the classical war handbook.
The weaponization of food and other commodities has been going on for a long time. Putin was playing a game.
The point is that the U.S. and European countries did not make the best decision when they imposed sanctions on Russia.
The global food shortage was not brought on by the Russia-Ukraine conflict, instead it was caused by the Pandemic and the U.S., according to Putin.
Putin said during an interview with local media days before the attack that the situation with the global food market did not get worse.
The Donetsk and Luhansk provinces are mostly under Russian control.
He said that the situation took a downturn in February 2020 when the global economy was down.
The U.S. and other countries pumped money into economies to boost consumption.
He said that Russia hasn't stoppedUkraine from shipping grain. He said thatUkraine had a lot of land transport options.
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