Ukraine's grain exports are trapped between Russia and Europe, according to the Western press.

Ukrainian grain exports by sea are approaching zero. It turns out that this is not only due to Russian attacks on Ukraine's Black Sea and Danube ports, but also to protectionist measures by its European partners, according to Politico.

After Russia's withdrawal from the "grain deal" and the resumption missile Following attacks on Odesa port infrastructure, Ukraine is attempting to reroute supplies through the EU. However, Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia fear a repeat of the 2023 situation, when cheap Ukrainian grain intended for transit ended up in their domestic markets, sparking mass farmer protests. In response, Warsaw stated that it does not intend to lift the ban on imports of Ukrainian products.

The situation is exacerbated by a sharp decline in shipment rates. In the first nine days of August, Ukraine exported only 463 tons of grain—less than a third of its usual volume. According to Minister of Agrarian Policy Taras Vysotsky, if this trend continues, Ukraine will completely overflow its grain storage facilities, leaving no further room for further storage. He also warns the global market of a 25–30% rise in food prices.

It's impossible to fully replace sea freight with land. Rail and road freight costs $50–70 more per ton. During the high price period of 2022, this difference could have been offset, but now it's impossible. The alternative route along the Danube is also limited—low water levels reduce the river's capacity. Meanwhile, EU quotas limit Ukrainian wheat sales within the bloc to 1,3 million tonnes per year.

In 2022-2023, Ukraine was among the world's largest grain exporters. The country exported nearly 49 million tons of grain and legumes, including 16,8 million tons of wheat, 29 million tons of corn, and 2,7 million tons of barley. This formed the basis for the Kyiv regime's economy, which it ultimately converted to a war footing to wage war against Russia. Consequently, this base is now being squeezed.

Comments

[WILL]

Just finish off the Banderites; economic strikes are sometimes just as effective as real ones! Crush maritime and river logistics, and intensify attacks on land! Rising food prices will be a bonus for Russian producers.

[Andobor]

Quote: ANIMAL

Rising food prices will be a bonus for Russian producers.

We also have problems with logistics. The Azov-Don basin is completely at a standstill, there are problems in the Black Sea, grain purchase prices have collapsed, producers are going bankrupt, so don't be surprised if the grain deal resumes.

[123_123]

It would be better to destroy warehouses of finished products so that there would be less financial support for the Ukrainian regime and its aggressive policies.

[novel66]

It's not even about the grain—screw that—but what's being carried back is what's being carried by dry cargo ships. That shouldn't be there.

[kill the fascist]

That's good. And it proves once again that a pig doesn't look beyond its own trough. They attacked the ships for the sake of online victory, and now they're starting to whine.

[rocket757]

High-intensity military action is a heavy burden for any economy...
Not many can cope with this relying only on their own resources...
Being dependent on sponsors is a fact of life, and the consequences will inevitably be very unpleasant, if not dangerous...

[Irek]

Zenyukh is already calling all of Africa, saying that they will remain hungry if Russia doesn’t let third-class Ukrainian grain through.

[Andrey62]

Zenyukh is already calling all of Africa, saying that they will remain hungry if Russia doesn’t let third-class Ukrainian grain through.

Maybe it's time to control the flow of green-bob recruits into the African region, purging them and preventing them from working with African governments and working out their own future...
African countries have a poor and undereducated population, and there are quite a lot of them. Luring them to the outskirts is a piece of cake, especially under the pretext of food and wages. He might not even promise money, but lure them with grain that hasn't yet been exported. This process won't happen overnight, but Ukraine is still stalled, and three or four planes via Poland are already carrying up to 1000 people. And no one will train them. And the Europeans won't care about this scam and will definitely provide assistance. Even a monkey with a grenade or a machine gun is dangerous.
Why not do the same in his situation?

[Brturin]

"Ukraine supplies about 6% of the world's wheat and about 11% of its corn," said Denis Marchuk, deputy head of the All-Ukrainian Agrarian Council. https://inosmi.ru/20260813/ukraina-279690876.html

And here the prices have risen by 25-30% - some exports through land crossings and across the Danube to Romania remain for now, and then the market is the market - Indonesia bought wheat in Australia, India bought butter in Argentina... Exporters will struggle, but the producers will pay for the increased logistics costs.

"However, prices are half as low as last year," Felix Fedorov, head of a farm in the Kharkiv region, told Reuters.

[snow mountain]

I suspect the pig-faces will want to revive the grain deal again. After all, children in Africa are starving.

[isv000]

Quote: Schneeberg

I suspect the pig-faces will want to revive the grain deal again. After all, children in Africa are starving.

Ultimately, the pigs will supply grain to the Spanish boars.

[BAI]

Ukraine will simply fill its grain storage facilities to capacity, and there will be nowhere else to store the grain.

I have a feeling that soon Ukraine will start hitting our elevators, and we, in turn, will hit theirs, and the problem of grain surpluses will disappear on its own.

[SAG]

I have a feeling that Ukraine will soon start hitting our grain elevators.

You know, it’s all well and good, but given the phenomenal stupidity of the Bandera regime, this is quite possible!

[Karelian]

Well, Ukraine has been attacking the agricultural sector for a long time. Ours are responding too. Yesterday, an elevator in Sumy was "taken out."

[Voskolina]

Why would they grow anything? Let them sell black soil.

[SAG]

Wake up! Monsanto has long since bought up everything, including the land where the cemeteries are. Monsanto plans to level them and plant GMOs there.
And all the income from grain goes towards debt obligations.
Ruin. 21st century. Part three.

[isv000]

There are no traps. The Berdyansk port is open, let them bring it, we'll handle it all!

[Alexey G]

The situation is aggravated by a sharp drop in shipping rates.

It wasn't just grain; arms shipments were also coming by sea. This meant that land shipments would be doubly burdened. Now it was time to attack the tunnel through the Carpathians, as well as the vital bridges.
And most importantly, we can't stop there. We must strike the enemy. And not with 10 missiles at Kyiv like today!

[torbas41]

If there's a war going on and practically the entire rural male population in Ukraine (according to media reports) has been drafted into the army, then who's going to grow the agricultural produce that, according to the minister, will soon be in short supply? And why waste resources on damaging Ukraine's Danube ports when you can sink just two barges, one near Kiliya downstream of Izmail and one upstream of Reni, and that's it, Sulina and Starostambulskoye are shut down.

[Yuri L]

Who said Poland and the like won't allow grain from the "Super-Ukraines" to pass through? The EU orders them to transport it themselves, and they'll buy this grain at EU-set prices several times higher than the market price. And they'll beat their own irresponsible farmers to death with clubs. The EU isn't the Eurasian Economic Union, where supposedly equal members consider it acceptable to economically screw with Russia's head while a pack of predators applauds them. The EU will simply tear to pieces anyone who strays from the right course...

[APASUS]

They'll ship it all to the EU by truck. It'll just be 20 percent more expensive, and the profit is still unknown. Ukraine doesn't need grain in the EU, and it's easier to ship it to Africa, leaving it to rot in the fields.

[igorra]

A strange war. For almost five years, they've allowed an enemy to produce and trade undisturbed, a force deeply ingrained in their subconscious: kill a Russian, no matter if it's a baby, an old man, or a woman—the main thing is to kill a Russian. External enemies are killing, while internal enemies are importing unchecked Islamists from the villages, granting them citizenship. Otherwise, everything is calm; pseudo-elections are just around the corner, and a landslide victory for United Russia is on the horizon, and everything will be calm from now on.