The UK has been warned that its food prices will surge even higher after Vladimir Putin accused the Royal Navy of helping Ukraine carry out a drone attack on Russia's Black Sea Fleet on Saturday. It comes after Russia also suggested the Royal Navy was responsible for a rupture to the Nord Stream pipeline in the Baltic Sea last month
The UK's Ministry of Defence has accused Russia of 'peddling false claims'. However, the Russian Defence Ministry says Moscow has moved to suspend its implementation of a UN-brokered grain export deal which has seen more than nine million tons exported from Ukraine and brought down global food prices.
The ministry cited the alleged Ukrainian drone attack against Russia’s Black Sea Fleet ships moored off the coast of occupied Crimea, which Russia says took place early on Saturday, as the reason for the move. Ukraine has also denied the attack.
