While about 400 million people in the world depend on Ukrainian grain export, the Russian government is “waiting for the global hunger” and uses the food crisis as an instrument of pressure on the Western leaders.
Russian propaganda has launched a large-scale information campaign to blame Ukraine for the global rise in prices for energy and food to push Kyiv to “compromise” on the aggressor’s terms.
Check out HWAG’s brief explainer video about how Russia is trying to shift the responsibility for the food crisis to Ukraine.