Ukraine's Minister of Agricultural Policy and Food Taras Vysotsky said on the 22nd that due to port blockades, Ukraine has suspended food exports through Black Sea ports. According to RIA Novosti, Vysotsky said in a video that “as of today,” the Odesa region “has stopped exporting food.” Vysotsky said that Ukraine has been exporting food through railways, inland rivers, and highways since August, with railways and inland waterways accounting for the vast majority of traffic. He explained that Ukraine needs to export at least 5 million tons of food every month, and at least 60 million tons per year, but the capacity of the above three routes is only half of the total export volume required. If Ukraine tries to further expand the scale of land exports, it will push up the cost of transporting food and make exports unprofitable.

Ukraine's Minister of Agricultural Policy and Food Taras Vysotsky said on the 22nd that due to port blockades, Ukraine has suspended food exports through Black Sea ports. According to RIA Novosti, Vysotsky said in a video that “as of today,” the Odesa region “has stopped exporting food.” Vysotsky said that Ukraine has been exporting food through railways, inland rivers, and highways since August, with railways and inland waterways accounting for the vast majority of traffic. He explained that Ukraine needs to export at least 5 million tons of food every month, and at least 60 million tons per year, but the capacity of the above three routes is only half of the total export volume required. If Ukraine tries to further expand the scale of land exports, it will push up the cost of transporting food and make exports unprofitable.