European Council president Charles Michel has accused Russia of using food supplies as ”a stealth missile against developing countries.
Michel spoke on Monday at the UN Security Council on peace and security in Ukraine.
Michel blamed the Kremlin for the impending global food crisis, prompting Russia’s UN ambassador Vassily Nebenzia to walk out of the security council meeting.
Michel addressed Moskow’s ambassador directly, saying: ”Russia is solely responsible for this food crisis, Russia alone. Despite the Kremlin’s campaign of lies and disinformation.”
”The Kremlin is also targeting grain storage and stealing grain in Ukraine while shifting the blame on others. This is cowardly. This is pure and simple propaganda,’ he said.
Michel also highlighted the reported incidents of Russian forces wielding ”sexual violence as a weapon of war.”
”Sexual violence is a war crime. A crime against humanity. A tactic of torture, terror, and repression. Shameful acts in a shameful war. And this must be exposed to the light of day and prosecuted without impunity.”
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned earlier on Monday in a statement about ”multiple, looming food crises”, driven by conflict, climate shocks, the COVID-19 pandemic, and public debt burdens.
The effects of the war in Ukraine aggravated the situation and pushed food and fuel prices to accelerate in many nations across the globe.
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