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09.09.26 - 07:30
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′Miserable and impossible′: food scarce in Kyiv as Russia targets supply chains (The Guardian)
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Supermarket shelves half-filled in Ukrainian capital as Moscow bombs warehouses supporting civilian lifeStocking up on cured sausages from the half-empty shelves in her local supermarket, Valentyna Sveshnikova is worried about money. The 68-year-old grandmother lives off her small pension and has already noticed the cost of several goods increase, including sausages. Russia wants “to make our life miserable and impossible. And they're actually succeeding in it,” she says.Russian strikes on food warehouses and logistics supply chains around several Ukrainian cities have left gaps on supermarket shelves and risk causing price increases. Continue reading......
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01.09.26 - 12:54
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What Russia-Ukraine Black Sea Attacks Mean for Food Prices (Bloomberg)
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Almost two months of nonstop attacks by Russia and Ukraine on each other's commercial ships and ports in the Black Sea and Sea of Azov have cut into grain exports from both countries. That's sent wheat futures to the highest level in three years and threatened global food supplies....
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29.08.26 - 20:54
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Russia Hits Kiev Ammo Dump Next To Homes; Ukraine Admits 90% Of Retail Food Logistics Wrecked (ZeroHedge)
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Russia Hits Kiev Ammo Dump Next To Homes; Ukraine Admits 90% Of Retail Food Logistics Wrecked
A Russian drone struck a Ukrainian Defense Forces ammunition storage site in the village of Myla Friday evening, just west of Kiev. The resulting fire and hours of secondary detonations killed at least 37 people, injured dozens more, damaged around 50 residential buildings and a care home for the elderly and disabled, and forced the evacuation of hundreds. Among the dead was the local community head who had gone to help.
Here are some close-up shots from yesterday's explosion at an ammunition depot in the village of Myla, in the Kyiv region. The local population is understandably unhappy. pic.twitter.com/TWJudPFh6j
— Z.O.V Military (@WarHunter2222) August 29, 2026
Smoke rising after a Russian air attack on Kyiv on August 29, 2026.
Serhii Okunev/AFP/Getty Images
In response, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the placement of a weapons depot next to civilians was "terrible negligence....
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20.08.26 - 22:54
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Food Supply Alert: Ukraine Grain Exports Collapse As Black Sea Attacks Choke Global Shipments (ZeroHedge)
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Food Supply Alert: Ukraine Grain Exports Collapse As Black Sea Attacks Choke Global Shipments
Upward momentum in agricultural prices, as tracked by the Bloomberg Agriculture Spot Index, should be ringing inflationary alarm bells. The breakout comes just one week after JPMorgan analyst Nora Szentivanyi warned that the next global food crisis could materialize as early as next year.
Multiple shocks are converging all at once across the global food complex, including continued disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, rising El Niño risks, and adverse weather across the US agricultural belt.
This note focuses on another emerging chokepoint: Europe's breadbasket, where intensifying attacks in the Russia-Ukraine war have shuttered critical Black Sea grain export terminals.
Reuters reports that global wheat importers are preparing for tighter supplies and higher prices as tit-for-tat attacks on Black Sea ports and bulk carriers continue to disrupt shipments during the region's peak export season.
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