Ukraine’s harvest could be halved this year due to Russian invasion, warns Zelenskiy

President's comments likely to intensify fears of worldwide grain shortage and global hunger

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Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said Ukraine's harvest this year could be half its usual amount because of the Russian invasion, in comments likely to intensify fears of global hunger.

Ukrainian harvest this year is under the threat to be twice less," the Ukrainian president wrote on Twitter in English. His country's main goal, Zelenskiy said, was to prevent a global food crisis caused by the Russian invasion.