“The number of those moving towards hunger increased from 80 million to 135 million before (pandemic. -
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) COVID-19, and then because of COVID-19 - from 135 million to 276 million. And because of the Ukrainian crisis, this the number will grow to at least 323 million, ”RIA Novosti reports his words from a meeting of the UN Security Council.
On May 9, TV channel Das Erste reported that German food associations had warned of the risk of food shortages due to rising prices.
On May 8, Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Svenja Schulze warned of the possibility of the world's worst famine since World War II.