addressing russia s irresponsible and dangerous suspicion the black sea initiative, which will harm millions of people around the world. the black sea grain initiative last been critical to bringing down food prices that have spiked as a result of russia s unprovoked invasion of ukraine. more than half of the grain and food stuffs that have been shipped through the initiative is gone to developing countries, including some of the most food insecure regions of the globe. the shipments have help drive down and stabilize global prices. every shipment under the initiative that has contributed to reducing hardship in the world s poor s countries since bringing grain to world markets lowers food prices to everybody. russia s blockade of ukrainian ports will harm people all over the world. russia will be fully and solely responsible for the consequences
can facilitate getting the grain out there? are there additional resources that the u.s. can send to ukraine? ship it out via rail? to some degree, russia does have a huge amount of responsibility here by allowing ships to leave through the black sea along an approved route. but absent that, we have to go back to where we were before the grain deal was put in place. obviously the bulk of grain wasn t getting out because the only other option you have for that is over land by rail, by truck, over land. over land transport of anything in the ukraine right now is hazardous undertaking. you have to go through e.u. countries. they would have to be okay with that. they have farmers and farms to be concerned about for their own economies. it s more couple ben bernanke
parts in moscow? we re discussing it with our counter parts at the u.n. and with our allies and partners. i know of no specific discussions with russian officials about it. can you discussion how immediately we may see the impact of this deal being terminated? when will prices went up today. corn, soy bean and white all shot up today at a result. we re seeing the impact right now. thanks. i just one more follow up on the bridge. have you assessed whether the attack had any effects on russia s ability to move military equipment in and out of crimea? the short answer is i don t know. i can t let me put it another way. we haven t seen any impact of the strike on the bridge to russia s defensive pasture and military capabilities in crimea
or southern ukraine. they re still fighting ukrainian forces. still trying to push backlements of the ukrainian counter offensive. it s too soon to know if that attack on that bridge will have any significant impact on their ability to fight this war. and yes, provided land access martha: obviously a discussion of what is going on with ukrainian with regard to the attack on the bridge that links crimea to russian where two people lost their lives. russian blames ukrainian. ukraine took responsibility for that bridge hit. it s an area that they want back. around the same time, russia deseed sided to reneg to allow
country. crimea is ukraine. we don t tell them what is or isn t legally a legitimate target. they determine their targets for themselves. it s not in the same category of strikes inside russia. strikes inside russia, we made it clear to the ukrainians that won t encourage or won t enable strikes inside russia. what we have been doing is making sure that they can defend their own territory and put back the russian aggression on ukrainian soil. crimea is ukrainian soil. russian is blaming ukraine for the bridge attack. are you commenting on who is responsible? we re not in a position to attack any particular party at this point. you ve made clear you re urging russia to reverse this decision on the grain deal. are u.s. officials discussing this matter with your counter