Zelenskyy calls for harsh response to Russia’s withdrawal from “grain deal” from UN and G20KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO – SATURDAY, 29 OCTOBER 2022, 21:52President Volodymyr Zelenskyy calls for a harsh international response – in particular from the UN and the G20 – to Russia’s withdrawal from the Black Sea Grain Initiative [an agreement brokered by the UN with Russia and Türkiye launched on 22 July to enable ships to transport grain from Ukraine - ed.]."But why is a handful of people somewhere in the Kremlin deciding whether people in Egypt or Bangladesh will have food on their tables?Russia began deliberately aggravating the food crisis back in September, when it blocked the movement of ships carrying our food exports.Between September and now, 176 vessels have accumulated in the grain corridor; these ships have been prevented from completing their journey.Dmytro Kuleba, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, said that Russia made up a contrived reason in order to exit the Grain Initiative and urged the world to put pressure on Russia to stop "playing hunger games" and resume carrying out its duties and responsibilities."