Save Odesa to save the world from hunger and high food prices

Important port: Smashing Odesa would virtually land-lock the country and destroy its international economy. – Bloomberg

WHEN Russia sent hypersonic missiles into a shopping centre in Ukraine’s elegant port city of Odesa on May 9, it was literally attacking the world.

Ukraine is known as the “breadbasket of Europe” and a global grain exporter. Eighty percent of its wheat used to ship from Odesa until Russia began blockading this major Black Sea port and targeting its civilians. Russia’s assault is the cause of soaring wheat prices that threaten starvation for many of the world’s poorest people, especially in the Middle East and Africa.