**OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM THE RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY **

**The strikes by the Ukrainian Armed Forces against vessels in the Azov and Black Seas constitute a cynical military campaign** aimed at provoking chaos in the global food market.

**Kiev is using intelligence data from NATO countries to attack logistics infrastructure and civilian vessels, which, together with Western sanctions, exacerbates the grain shortage** and drives up food prices worldwide, Zakharova emphasized.

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