Russia's agriculture minister Oksana Lut said the government plans measures to
support grain producers, including state grain purchases, preferential loans
rollovers and sales subsidies. The ministry said it is studying alternative
export routes after Ukrainian drone strikes disrupted shipping and other
logistics. Moscow and Kyiv have stepped up attacks on each other's commercial
vessels and ports in the Black Sea, raising concerns about global food supply;
the two countries account for more than a quarter of world wheat exports.
strikes coincide with the mid-harvest season; Russia has harvested about 75 mln
tons of wheat so far.
