Egypt Reviews Plans to Secure Its Wheat Needs, As Russia-Ukraine Crisis Escalaes

On Thursday, Prime Minister Dr. Mostafa Madbouly held a meeting with the Governor of the Egyptian Central Bank to make sure of the availability of the country's wheat needs, local media agencies reported.

Egypt is the biggest importer of wheat for both Russia and Ukraine, and the news of the Russian military operations caused a jump in the prices of wheat and oil globally.

During the meeting, both officials reviewed Egypt's supplies from wheat, and oil after the Russian-Ukrainian conflicts.

Russia has started a military operation against Ukraine by attacking vital Ukrainian military targets and infrastructure, Ukrainian official stated: “Putin has launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.”

Russia’s military crossed the border in a number of northern, eastern, and southern regions from the mutual borders with Belarus, and Crimea.

A Ukrainian presidential adviser said that more than 40 soldiers were killed in the attacks and dozens were wounded.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced martial laws across the whole state and cut all diplomatic ties with Russia.

“No panic. We’re strong. We’re ready for anything. We’ll defeat everyone because we are Ukraine,” Zelensky said in a statement.

It is reported that emergency sirens are now ringing in the whole of Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital amid the arrival of the Russian troops.