Borrell said Russia was using the situation with wheat as a "weapon of war"

“Obviously, he (Russian President Vladimir Putin. -

) uses wheat as a weapon of war,” Borrell said in an interview with France info.

According to him, 20 million tons of wheat are stored in Ukraine, and it needs to be exported.”

Earlier, Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said that it was necessary to create a secure corridor for the transport of wheat from Ukraine by sea, otherwise the world would face a "food war".