The loss of Lysychansk means Russia has seized essentially all of Luhansk province and can move its sights toward neighboring Donetsk.
As the war in Ukraine continues to disrupt agricultural production and shipments, the country’s exports of grain, vegetable oils and other staples in 2022 “are unlikely to be more than 35% of the 2021 total,” according to figures from the U.K. government.British Defense Ministry said
Monday in its daily intelligence assessment. Russia has prevented ships carrying agricultural exports from leaving Ukraine through the Black Sea port. Kyiv and Moscow blame each other for the blockage, while the United Nations is negotiating a deal to avert a hunger crisis in countries that rely on imports from Ukraine to feed their populations.Ukrainian officials have alsoof grain stored in areas now occupied by Russian or pro-Russian forces, calling it “outright robbery.
The situation is particularly worrying, the British Defense Ministry said, because many types of grain sowed in winter and spring are typicallyPaulina Villegas contributed to this report.
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