Ukraine's farmers despair as Russia's Black Sea blockade traps their harvest
Exports via Ukraine’s Black Sea ports have nearly stopped as Russian strikes intensify, leaving farmers with full silos and threatening next season’s planting.
- Russian strikes on Black Sea port infrastructure and vessels have nearly halted Ukraine's agricultural exports, with grain shipments plunging 75% year-on-year in early August.
- Following Russia's 2023 exit from a United Nations-brokered grain agreement, Ukraine launched its own "grain corridor" through the waters of NATO-members Romania and Bulgaria to maintain shipments.
- Farmer Serhiy Rybalko reports full storage and no buyers, saying "There is nowhere to send this grain. This is a complete disaster for farmers." Storage shortages could reach 11 million tons.
- Ukraine's central bank predicts a $2.5 billion loss in hard currency revenue this year, while farmers face about $3 billion in additional logistics costs from the blockade.
- Alternative export routes through Poland and the Danube River face constraints from lower water levels and strained trade relations, threatening next year's harvest as storage silos remain nearly full.
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