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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Eleni Courea and Dan Sabbagh

Putin disrupting food aid for Gaza by attacking Ukraine ports, says Starmer

The destroyed hatch of the grain cargo ship Aya is covered with a tarpaulin as it sits in port
The destroyed hatch of the grain cargo ship Aya is covered with a tarpaulin in the Black Sea port of Constanta, Romania. The ship was hit in the Black Sea after leaving Ukraine. Photograph: Daniel Mihăilescu/AFP/Getty Images

Keir Starmer has accused Vladimir Putin of disrupting food supplies to Gaza after British intelligence suggested Russia had stepped up its attacks on Ukrainian ports.

Starmer said it was clear the Russian president was “willing to gamble on global food security” after several grain ships en route to developing countries were damaged by Russian strikes.

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