The signing by US President Joe Biden on May 10 of the Ukrainian lend-lease law coincided with his statements about the need to find opportunities to export 20 million tons of grain from Ukraine. This may indicate that Kyiv will pay for American weapons with wheat, says on Saturday, May 28, in a comment by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, published on the website of the department.
As Zakharova emphasized, in fact, Washington itself provokes a food crisis in Ukraine, depriving it of grain reserves. At the same time, Moscow intends to continue supplying food and other goods in good faith, she said.
According to a representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, the United States and the EU plan to export 20 million tons of grain from Ukraine within 2.5 months, allegedly for the needs of African and Middle Eastern countries, in order to prevent a food crisis brewing in them. However, in reality, as Zakharova clarifies, Ukrainian grain is transported to warehouses in Europe. “Rail, road and river routes have been organized for its delivery to destinations in Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Romania and Bulgaria,” she explained.
At the same time, the Russian Federation continues to be a responsible participant in the global food market, Zakharova pointed out. She recalled that the negative trends in the food market were provoked by the West with its large-scale sanctions against Russia.
Earlier, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that in order to resolve the issue of grain supplies to world markets, it is necessary to lift all sanctions that are directed against Russian exports.
