peninsula, like they re doing, making it untenable for the russians. they re continuing to try to probe the russian defenses to find a point where they can conduct a penetration, exploit it, attack through it, and drive through the to the sea of azov. up to this point they haven t been able to do that because of the russian layered defenses. and as this is going on, russia announced that they had terminated a grain deal with ukraine. this is not something that only matters to ukraine and to ruia this is shaking the global food market. ukraine accounts for 10% of world s wheat market, 15% of the corn market, 13% of the barley market. you know, do you believe another country is going to have to get involved here? what s your expectation? what are the ramifications of putin terminating this deal? well, president putin suspending the black sea grain initiative is huge. a lot of countries, as you mentioned, depending on the countries from africa, the
forces have been deploying mines in the black sea. what this means for ukraine is significant but the impact on the globe is also huge. the european commission says ukraine accounts for 10% of the world s wheat market, 15% of the corn market and 13% of the barley market. it s also a key player in the industry of sunflower oil and manufacturer of sunflower oil. u.n. estimated blocking ukrainian grain could create food insecurity for as many as 47 million people around the world. scott mclean has more on this and is joining us now. what is russia saying about this and why are they pulling out of this deal now? reporter: first, this is not entirely unexpected. the ukrainian diplomat said last month she was 99.9% sure the russians were going to not renew this deal and obviously that has turned out to be true. the russians essentially say that the u.n. was not living up to its end of the bargain because in exchange for allowing ukrainian ships packed with grain and other food to leave
the biden administration says russia pulling out of the grain deal will worsen food security, it will harm millions of vulnerable people around the world. the impact of the global on the global food market could be devastating here. ukraine accounts for 10% of the world s wheat market, 15% of the corn market, 13% of the barley market and it s also a key player in the sunflower oil industry. senior national security correspondent alex marquardt is live for us in odesa, ukraine, in the south. let s start with this attack not too far from you on the bridge. what more are you learning this hour. reporter: we have just heard from russian president vladimir putin for the first time since this attack took place. this was a personal project of putin s. it was it was something that he wanted, he ordered to be built not long after his illegal