were soviet style . the attack happened as the european council president, charles michel, was on a surprise visit to odessa, forcing him to take shelter. the city is currently under a curfew. ukraine s president, volodymyr zelensky, says his troops will defeat russia. he also warned of global food shortages if moscow continues to blockade ukraine s black sea ports. translation: without our agricultural experts, - dozens of countries in different parts of the world are already on the brink of food shortages. and over time, the situation could become frankly terrible. politicians are already discussing the possible consequences, a price crisis, and famine in africa and asia. this is a direct consequence of russian aggression. our correspondentjoe inwood is in the city of lviv and has more on that speech. last night, in his address, president zelensky talked
ukrainian authorities said seven missiles were launched at the city yesterday, killing one person, injuring five more. the smell of burning plastic still hung in the air this morning. when we were here last night it was difficult to see the full extent of the damage but this morning you can. the rocket has ripped into the shopping centre, it is completely folded. the fire brigade is still trying to put out fires and the electricity wires over here have been ripped away. russia has been targeting the strategically important southern port city of odesa, on ukraine s southern coast. before the war it was a key international port, taking ukrainian products to the world. president zelensky appealed again to end the war so the ports can be opened. translation: without our agricultural exports, - dozens of countries in different parts of the world are already on the brink of food shortages and over time the situation could become, frankly, terrible. politicians are already discussing the poss
parts of the world are already on the brink of food shortages and over time the situation could become, frankly, terrible. politicians are already discussing the possible consequences of a price crisis and famine in africa and asia. this is a direct consequence of russian aggression. missile strikes do not only destroy infrastructure, they shake lives. even 300 metres from the strike, the force of the blast destroyed many windows in this block of flats. katarina and her two year old daughter irina were inside. we were about to go to bed when the air alert began, she tells me. i heard a very large explosion, grabbed two pillows and covered her ears. i did not want her to hear the sounds of the explosion and be frightened by it. the whole house was shaking. then she asked her daughter, what do we do when we hear the air raid siren? we run, she says. we run away. young minds already used to living
for exporting agricultural products, including grain, wheat and corn. but the russians have blockaded it. which will have consequences for global food supplies. here s ukrainian president zelensky on that. translation: without our agricultural exports dozens of countries in different parts of the world are already on the brink of food shortages. and over time the situation could become frankly terrible. politicians are already discussing the possible consequences of price crisis and famine in africa and asia, this is a direct consequence of russian aggression. it was a message echoed by european council president charles michel. he s been in odesa this week. he said. the bbc has been speaking to the owner of an agricultural export company in odesa. this is what he told us.
the oecd are a range of there people have as well? sure, so the oecd are a range of countries, l the oecd are a range of countries, slightly rich countries, and the oecd is an organisation that is able to track and monitor how we are comparing to those countries, and one of the interesting things here is that the cost of living crisis is notjust is that the cost of living crisis is not just a is that the cost of living crisis is notjust a price crisis, but income crisis as well, and that is in part because we have one of the weakest safety nets across the oecd out of any of those countries. so this is kind of universal credit and our legacy benefits system, and i think it is the third weakest out of any oecd country. 50 it is the third weakest out of any oecd country- it is the third weakest out of any oecd count . ., . , . , oecd country. so how are they able to have a better oecd country. so how are they able to have a better safety oecd country. so how are they able to have a b