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Russia pulls out of Ukraine grain deal, in potential blow to global food supplies

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(CNN) — Russia said Monday it was suspending its participation in a crucial deal that allowed the export of Ukrainian grain, once again raising fears over global food<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://whdh.com/news/russia-pulls-out-of-ukraine-grain-deal-in-potential-blow-to-global-food-suppl...

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Oh great, more crisis. I can't wait to not be able to afford grain :(
- Depending on where you are from, there won't be much change in the price the experts say... But grain to poor countries in for example Africa will be effected much more.
  
  So Putin is mad about losing in Ukraine, so now Africa have to suffer also ...
  
  Man, Africa cannot catch a break
Nothing new for russians, they have have been starving people on purpose for decades. Just look at holodomor.
Russia pulls out of grain deal > Russia causes global food price increase > Russia causes poorer families in US/EU to go hungry > Russia is engaging a war of aggression on NATO > ARTICLE 5
- Not that simple: Here's article 5:
  
  “The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all and consequently they agree that, if such an armed attack occurs, each of them, in exercise of the right of individual or collective self-defence recognized by Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, will assist the Party or Parties so attacked by taking forthwith, individually and in concert with the other Parties, such action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force, to restore and maintain the security of the North Atlantic area.
  
  Any such armed attack and all measures taken as a result thereof shall immediately be reported to the Security Council. Such measures shall be terminated when the Security Council has taken the measures necessary to restore and maintain international peace and security.”
  
  Article 5 is invoked If it constitutes an armed attack. In this case, food insecurity is not an armed attack.
  
  Putin used his hands, therefore arms, to sign the decision which means it's an armed attack. ARTICLE 5
- If you apply the same logic to US sanctions on north korea, Cuba, Venezuela etc etc they all have casus belli to nuke america. It's a silly justification.
  
  That's just internal conflict because every country belongs to America.
- Easy there Poland.
- He's trying to cause an immigration crisis; people in Africa can't afford food so they will try to immigrate to Europe, either legally or not, and strain the resources and increase cultural divides. It was the whole reason Putin started fucking with the grain supply as soon as he could. He was hoping the immigration crisis and energy crisis would overlap and make each other worse, but The Netherlands recently dissolved their government over the immigration crisis, so now is good too.
- This is such a dumb take. Westerners cheering for nuclear war
I've seen this one, it's a classic
This is likely the trigger to Ukraine air space becoming a no fly zone defended by allies.
- Probably not, no.
  
  Wishful thinking.

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