Moscow Asserts That G7 Moves to Isolate Russia Exacerbate The Global Food Crisis

Monday, the Russian foreign ministry stated that moves by the West and the G7 in particular to isolate Moscow had exacerbated global food shortages.

Saturday, G7 foreign ministers pledged to further Russia's economic and political isolation, continue sending weapons to Ukraine, and strive to alleviate food shortages caused by Russia's invasion of its neighbor on February 24.

"Attempts to distract Russia economically, monetarily, and logistically from traditional routes of international cooperation exacerbate economic and food crises," the foreign ministry wrote on its website.

"It should be highlighted that it was the unilateral actions of Western nations, particularly those of the Group of Seven, that aggravated the problem of severing the logistical and financial chains of food supplies to global markets."

Prior to the war, Ukraine and Russia produced approximately 29 percent of the world's wheat supply.

Moscow refers to its efforts in Ukraine as a "special military operation" designed to disarm Ukraine and defend it against Nazis. Ukraine and the West assert that the accusation of fascism is without merit and that the war is an unjustified act of aggression.