for ukraine s front line farmers, the only choice is to carry on with their harvests despite the dangers around them. translation: we can t sell the grain and that s getting us into financial trouble. historically it makes no sense to make a deal with russia. they are only worth the paper they are written on. yet there is a lot riding on this deal. a russian blockade has caused soaring globalfood prices and shortages in some of the world s poorest countries. all this is threatening millions of lives. that s because before the invasion, together russia and ukraine produced 30% of the world s wheat supply, 20% of its corn, and 80% of its sunflower oil. that s why ukraine was often referred to as the world s breadbasket. and within ukraine itself, the government is hoping this deal could help restore its war torn economy.
basket, along with russia, producing 30% of the world s wheat exports. the united nations says this war is creating a food production crisis not seen since world war ii. thousands of ukrainian farmers now find themselves on the front lines of this war, and their growing fields of wheat and sunflower have been turned into debris fields for missiles and rockets and other explosives. the wreckage of recent battles sit in the farm fields. the body of a russian soldier is buried next to this ammunition supply truck. farm or fight is the choice facing front line farmers. this man has already faced this life and death decision. when the russians invaded this village last month, he joined the fight. he was shot in the soldier. if the russians come back, do you want to fight again? translator: what else can we do? i ll take my pitch fork and go
farm or fight is the choice facing front line farmers. sergei has already faced this life and death decision. when the russians invaded this village last month, sergei joined the fight. he was shot in the shoulder. if russians come back, do you want to fight again? translator: what else can we do? i ll take my pitch fork and go fight. i will defend my village to the end. when the war returns, the harvest will have to wait. particularly dry weather conditions are continuing to fuel fires across southwest united states. millions in the region are under red flag warnings.
space. will this war kill your business? translator: it s already killed it. we ve stockpiled our wheat production and our sunflowers, but we aren t able to sell them, so i would say it is the beginning of the end. reporter: ukraine is considered the world s bread basket along with russia producing 30% of the world s wheat exports. the united nations says this war is creating a food production crisis not seen since world war ii. thousands of ukrainian farmers now find themselves on the front lines of this war, and their growing fields of wheat and sunflower have been turnled into debris fields for missiles and rockets and other explosives. wreckage of recent battles still sit in the farm fields. a body of the a russian soldier is buried next to this ammunition supply truck. farm or fight is the choice facing front line farmers. sergei has already faced this life and death decision. when the russians invaded this