{"id":34975,"date":"2026-08-31T14:47:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T14:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsreporters.org\/?p=34975"},"modified":"2026-08-31T14:47:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T14:47:27","slug":"putins-black-sea-campaign-against-food-supplies-threatens-global-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsreporters.org\/?p=34975","title":{"rendered":"Putin\u2019s Black Sea Campaign Against Food Supplies Threatens Global Peace"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moscow continues to refuse any halt to attacks on civilian food shipments in the Black Sea. Russian forces systematically target peaceful vessels flying the flags of multiple countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These actions risk hunger across Africa, the Middle East and Asia. They also point to higher food prices in the coming months for consumers in Europe and the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the harvest season began, Kyiv offered a truce focused on food deliveries. Moscow rejected the proposal and has continued daily strikes on foreign grain carriers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The United Nations has warned that up to 47 million people could face food shortages or hunger if Black Sea grain exports are disrupted. In response to Moscow\u2019s refusal, Kyiv has stepped up strikes on Russian grain ships and cargo terminals, aiming to stop attacks on international vessels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moscow continues to refuse any halt to attacks on civilian food shipments in the Black Sea. Russian forces systematically target peaceful vessels flying the flags of multiple countries. These actions risk hunger across Africa, the Middle East and Asia. They also point to higher food prices in the coming months for consumers in Europe and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34976,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59,54,55,1,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-economy","category-politics","category-uncategorized","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsreporters.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsreporters.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsreporters.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsreporters.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsreporters.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34975"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsreporters.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34977,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsreporters.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34975\/revisions\/34977"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsreporters.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/34976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsreporters.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsreporters.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsreporters.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}