Ukraine is looking for new routes for Grain from Ukraine even during the war

Ukraine and the UN are working on expanding the Grain from Ukraine program, thanks to which supplies of Ukrainian grain are carried out to the countries that need it most. As the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi emphasized on this occasion, tens of thousands of tons of grain and wheat have already been delivered to Yemen, Somalia, Nigeria, Sudan, Ethiopia thanks to the humanitarian food program "Grain from Ukraine". Routes are currently being sought to help alleviate hunger in Gaza, Malawi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and other countries.

According to the President, Ukraine has proven that it can restore and ensure food security even in the face of military aggression against it.

It should be noted that, according to operational data of the State Customs Service, as of March 20, from the beginning of the 2023/24 marketing year, Ukraine exported almost 33 million tons of grain and leguminous crops, of which 3.2 million tons were shipped in March. At the same time, as of the same date last year, the total figure for shipments was 35.8 million tons, including 3.5 million tons in March.

We will remind that "Grain from Ukraine" is a humanitarian food program, which was launched by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi on November 26, 2022 and presented during the first founding International Summit on Food Security in Kyiv. Within the framework of this Initiative, Ukraine, partner countries and donors from the private sector will supply Ukrainian grain to countries in Africa and Asia that are facing problems of malnutrition and extreme hunger. The initiative should contribute to overcoming the humanitarian and economic consequences of the global food crisis caused by the war of aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine.

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, European Union, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Republic of, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Qatar, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States have already announced their commitment to allocate significant sums to support this humanitarian program at the first stage. The recipients of Ukrainian grain within the framework of this humanitarian program are countries experiencing food shortages, in particular: Ethiopia, Somalia, Nigeria, Kenya, Sudan, Yemen, Afghanistan, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and others.

The program is implemented in close partnership with the World Food Program of the United Nations.