Zelensky warns of food crisis as Russia blocks ports, attacks grain store and ...

Zelensky warns of impending world food crisis as Russia blocks 4.5m tons of grain leaving Black Sea ports and attacks key grain store: Putin's troops also steal £4m worth of farm vehicles and ship them to Chechnya but they're remotely disabled Striking video shows Russian missile hit a grain warehouse in south-east Ukraine Russian troops had looted tractor dealer of all its stock only to find none worked Combine harvesters worth £240,000 each were remotely disabled by owners Zelensky: 'World now faces food crisis as Russia blockades vital Ukrainian grain' Follows 4.5million tonnes of grain sitting in closed occupied ports, UN estimates

By Adam Solomons For Mailonline

Published: 16:47 BST, 2 May 2022 | Updated: 16:48 BST, 2 May 2022

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The Russian army bombed a grain warehouse in Ukraine and tightened its blockade on Black Sea ports, sparking fears of a new global food crisis.

Around 4.5million tonnes of grain are sitting in closed occupied Ukrainian ports, according to UN World Food Programme director Martin Frick.

Mr Frick said: 'None of the grain can be used right now. It is just sitting there.'

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky also warned Russia's blockade will deprive dozens of countries essential food supplies.

It followed news that Putin's forces looted £4million worth of Ukrainian tractors and took them 700 miles to Chechnya before realising they were locked.

The Dnipropetrovsk grain warehouse was destroyed by the Russian missile, staff said

Shocking video of the grain attack in Synelnykove district, south-eastern Dnipropetrovsk region emerged earlier today.

Zelensky said: 'They targeted the warehouses of agricultural enterprises. The grain warehouse was destroyed.

'The warehouse with fertilizers was also shelled.'

The president urged world leaders to prepare for a new food crisis prompted by Russia's food blockade on