Due to blowing up Kakhovka HPP, food prices may rise, – UN

The destruction of the Kakhovka HPP will have a huge impact on global food security, causing food prices to rise and water supply problems for hundreds of thousands of people.

This was stated by UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths.

“This granary – this entire territory that goes down to the Black Sea and Crimea – is a granary not only for Ukraine but also for the world. We already have difficulties with food security, but food prices, I am sure, will definitely increase. “It’s almost inevitable that we’re going to see huge problems with harvesting and planting the next crop. And so what we’re going to see is a huge impact on global food security,” he explained.

Griffiths also noted that the damage caused on such a scale to civilian infrastructure is completely contrary to international humanitarian law. “It’s obvious. Whoever did it violated the Geneva Conventions,” Griffiths said.

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