# How Russia’s Black Sea blockade is causing a grain crisis

https://mins.news/en/video/21293

- Reuters, 2026-08-13 13:45 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQZ54IXGutM

> Ukraine has stepped up attacks on Russian vessels in the Black Sea and Sea of Azov as both sides in the more than four-year war seek to damage the other’s economy. The developments are affecting farmers and contributing to a grain crisis.

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