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Conor Humphries

Russia attacking Ukraine food targets to scare world, says regional governor

Vitaliy Kim, governor of Mykolaiv region, speaks to the media, as Russia's attacks on Ukraine continue, in Mykolaiv, Ukraine June 8, 2022. REUTERS/Edgar Su

Russia is attacking food and agriculture targets in Ukraine in order to scare the world into agreeing a deal to reopen the Black Sea on Moscow's terms, the head of the region where a major agricultural storage facility was struck on Sunday said.

Vitaliy Kim, governor of the Mykolaiv region, where Russian shelling destroyed the warehouses of one of Ukraine's largest agricultural commodities terminals over the weekend, said Moscow wanted to make global food shortages "look like a catastrophe".

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