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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Daniel Boffey in Kyiv

Russia’s Black Sea blockade pushing millions towards famine, G7 says

Cargo ships docked in the Black Sea port of Odesa
Cargo ships docked in the Black Sea port of Odesa. Photograph: Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters

Millions of people will starve to death unless Russia allows the export of Ukrainian grain from blockaded ports, foreign ministers from the G7 have said.

As Germany’s chancellor, Olaf Scholz, warned that Vladimir Putin was intransigent during their bilateral call on Friday, the ministers from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and US condemned Moscow for stoking a food crisis.

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