Kyiv, July 23 -- Ukraine's Foreign Minister on Wednesday (local time) accused Russia of using attacks on civilian shipping to threaten global food security, saying the strikes were disrupting grain exports through the Black Sea at the height of the harvest season. Ukraine has thus requested an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council on July 27 to discuss the attacks.

In a post on X, Sybiha alleged that Russia was targeting civilian maritime traffic. He said, "Russia is holding global food security hostage."

He claimed that at least three civilian cargo ships had come under attack in recent days, resulting in casualties among their crews. "At least three civilian cargo ships have been bombed in the past few days by Russia. Few dozen cr...