UN Official Warns of Food Prices Surge after Ukraine Dam Disaster

United Nations (UN) aid official Martin Griffiths described the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka Dam in Ukraine as a major humanitarian and environmental catastrophe, the impact of which will be revealed in the coming days and months when global food security is likely to be affected; As well as high food prices.

Griffiths warned - during an interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), reported by the British newspaper "Express" - of the danger of destroying the dam, which occurred in the early hours of June 6, as it led to the emptying of the large reservoir and flooding dozens of towns downstream, and he said, "This is a basket Bread - that whole region that goes towards the Black Sea and Crimea is a breadbasket not only for Ukraine but for the whole world.”

The UN official noted that large areas that depend on water from the reservoir of the dam will struggle to irrigate crops, Griffiths warned, "The whole world must prepare for the consequences of this disaster."