wheat fields on fire sparked by russia s shelling. if ukraine doesn t score an export, tens of millions around the world could struggle to put food on the table they re scrambling to save whatever they can. reporter: a war against one of the biggest bread baskets in the world, ukraine s fertile farmland now a battleground. exclusive footage obtained by cnn shows russia s artillery pounding the wheat fields, burning the harvest can to charcoal black. farmers race to protect their crops. until the invasion, ukraine was the fifth largest exporter of wheat. this looks like some kind of munition over here. now ukrainians are harvesting a deadly cross. he says these are pieces of russian rockets that they
russian troops are setting ukrainian wheat fields on fire, and it s severely straining the country s once prosperous export economy. cnn s ivan watson is in southern ukraine. a war against one of the biggest bread baskets in the world, ukraine s fertile farmland now a battleground. military drone footage exclusively obtained by cnn shows russian artillery pounding wheat fields, burning the summer harvest charcoal black. farmers race to protect their crops, until russia s invasion, ukraine was the world s fifth largest exporter of wheat. this looks like some kind of munition over here. reporter: now ukrainian farmers are harvesting a deadly crop. these are pieces of russian
biggest bread baskets in the world. ukraine s fertile farmland now a battleground. military drone footage exclusively obtained by cnn shows russian artillery pounding wheat fields, burning the summer harvest charcoal black. farmers race to protect their crops. until russia s invasion, ukraine was the world s fifth largest exporter of wheat. this looks like some kind of munition over here. now, ukrainian farmers are harvesting a deadly crop. mikhail says these are pieces of russian rockets that they gathered out of the fields. mikhail takes me on a tour of his farm. he ll show us. that s another shell strike. acres of wheat waiting to be harvesting, within ear shot of
inflation. he did seem to get the timing right. what do you think is behind this inflation? so, i think there are two things happening. the first thing is in the real world. that s covid and the war in ukraine. we started to see throughout the pandemic supply chains raking down. the world becoming much more regional in some ways and local in some ways. that s inflationary. when you add s time and stress to the system, you get pressures. this is taking russian energy out of the market which is a huge deal for energy inflation. it s also taking ukrainian wheat and grain. this is one of the key bread baskets of the world off the global market. directing and in some places with food piracy into places where it not about market forces. you immediately get those things colliding to produce real-world inflation. now, i would go back and say that the second fact there is
inflation. didn t seem to get the timing right. what do you think is behind this inflation? i think there are two things happening. the first thing is in the real world, and that s covid and the war in ukraine. we started to see throughout the pandemic, supply chains breaking down, the world becoming much more regional. local in some ways. that s inflationary. when you add time and stress to the system, inflationary pressures. at the same time, you have the war in ukraine. this is taking russian energy out of the global market which is an immediate huge deal for energy inflation but also taking ukrainian wheat, ukrainian grain. this is one of the key bread baskets of the world off the global market and directing it in some cases with the food piracy into places where it s not about market forces, so you immediately get those things colliding to produce real world inflation. i would go back and say that the