The situation in Ukraine is still escalating and intertwined politically and on the ground, with the passage of 100 days since the Russian military operation against it.
Russia’s representative to the United Nations, Vassily Nebenzia, announced that Moscow is ready to discuss opportunities to export Ukrainian grain only if Kyiv removes mines from coastal waters and near ports.
Nebenzia accused the International Criminal Court of not looking into the "crimes committed by the Kyiv regime," considering that the West seeks to turn the International Criminal Court into a political tool that serves its interests.
On his part, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said that the repercussions of the grain war will affect the Middle East, Africa and Asia. He referred to the work of the European Union to strengthen the infrastructure to allow the export of grain from Ukraine.
He spoke of the European Union's readiness to participate in any agreement between the United Nations and Russia to export grain.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warned Thursday, after his meeting with US President Joe Biden in Washington, that Western countries should prepare for a "prolonged war of attrition" in Ukraine.
Stoltenberg told reporters at the White House: "We have to prepare for the long term. Because what we see is that this war has become a war of attrition."
He also said that he discussed with Biden "continued military support for Ukraine," adding, "We must continue to support the Ukrainian forces to defend themselves."
Stoltenberg is in the US capital to prepare for the NATO summit scheduled for June 28-30 in Madrid.
The Secretary-General of NATO had said, on Wednesday, during a joint press conference with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, that the war in Ukraine “could end tomorrow if Russia puts an end to its aggression,” but he added, “We do not see any indication in this direction even.” right Now".
Since the start of the Russian military operation, the Russian forces have taken control of areas in southern Ukraine, most notably Kherson and a section of Zaporizhia, and advanced at a slow pace in Donbass with their control, especially over the city of Mariupol (southeast).
The Russian military operation against Ukraine, which began on February 24, is the first large-scale war to afflict Europe since World War II.
While this war appeared in its first weeks as a regional war of limited scope, which later turned out to be much larger than that, the consequences of the Russian war reached all parts of the world in an unexpected way.
The following five examples demonstrate how this war changed the world:
Refugee file
The conflict has resulted in the fleeing of about 6.8 million Ukrainians from their country, in addition to the displacement of 7.7 million within the country.
After Ukrainian refugees fled to neighboring countries, at least three million of them continued their journey into Europe, according to estimates by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
Poland is the largest recipient of refugees from Ukraine, followed by Germany, which hosts about 727,000, while the Czech Republic hosts 348,000, which makes up the largest number of Ukrainian refugees in total.
UNHCR has indicated that nearly two million Ukrainian refugees have returned to their country, although this number includes returnees.
Food crisis
Ukraine is one of the most important food chains in the world: it produces about half of the world’s consumption of sunflower oil, about 15 percent of corn, and 10 percent of the world’s wheat exports, while the conflict led to the suspension of Ukraine’s exports of grain.
A UN official warned in May that the world was on the brink of a food crisis, only weeks away
The effects of the war on global food security have increased recently, as warnings have been issued that the conflict may fuel a global food crisis with the exacerbation of climate change.
Energy security
Before the outbreak of the war, Russia was a major exporter of gas and oil to many European countries, while the Russian bear was the largest exporter of natural gas, the second largest supplier of crude oil, and the third largest exporter of coal in the world.
Three and a half of all Russian crude oil goes to the European continent, while Russian oil accounted for about a quarter of EU crude oil imports in 2020.
Many see the war in Ukraine as an opportunity for the European Union not only to end its dependence on Russian fossil fuels, but also to speed up its adoption of clean energy and renewable energy sources.
High prices and inflation
On the impact of the war, food prices rose, as the food price index of the Food and Agriculture Organization "FAO", which measures the most traded food commodities on a monthly basis, reached its highest level ever in March.
This coincided with the International Labor Organization reported that the annual inflation rate has risen worldwide since last March, while inflation in the euro area rose to 8.1% last month at a record rate.
Nevertheless, high inflation rates are expected to burden low-income countries, while the International Monetary Fund recently estimated that the inflation rate would rise by 5.7% in industrialized countries and by 8.7% in developing countries.
NATO's growing strength
The repercussions of the war in Ukraine did not stop at issues related to energy and food. Rather, it cast a shadow over geopolitical issues, especially with experts expecting a growing pision between the eastern and western camps. China is siding with Russia, while the United States and the European Union lead the Western camp.
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