facing food shortages because of drought. the cable identified three russian cargo ships that officials suspected were carrying stolen grain. but the biden administration says it s working to blunt the impact of russia s actions, encouraging more production in other countries and trying to dislodge ukraine s exports. i m working closely with our european partners to get 20 million tons of grain locked in ukraine out onto the market to help bring down food prices but it can t get out through the black sea because they will get blown out of the water. poppy francis is has criticized the ferocity and cruelty of russian troops in ukraine. among the harshest comments he has directed towards russia. the poppy was speaking to editors of jesuit journals last month whose comment surfaced today. he has also maintained there are no good guys or bad guys in this conduct and blamed nato for expanding east. bret: there is a lot of concern about this food crisis.
Ukrainian authorities accused Russia of stealing Turkey's grain ahead of foreign minister Sergei Lavrov's visit to the Western nation. The situation comes after Moscow's invasion entered its 100th day on Friday and shows no signs of stopping anytime soon.
the price of wheat is now trading about $400 a ton on the world market. as supplies run low and as prices continue to rise, there are fears the war was pushing the world to the brink of a food crisis. with the german foreign minister calling russia s actions a deliberate war of grains. after seeing for themselves the tons of grain, wheat and corn stockpiled at odesa, president of the european council vowed the eu with support from the u.s. will help look for ways to export grain from ukraine. some of it is already being shipped from ports in neighboring romania, but still only a fraction of ukraine s total production. more help is needed if europe s bread basket is to continue to feed the world. isa soares, cnn. let s take you live to brussels, eu lawmakers are debating how to keep energy supplies flowing as tensions