Putin threatens to restrict Ukrainian grain exports for European countries, accusing them of acting 'like colonial powers'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : Among countries classified by the World Bank as low- or lower-middle-income, the UN says that 10% of the initiative's exports have been sent to Egypt, 5% to Iran, 4% to India, 3% to Sudan, 2% to Yemen, 2% to Kenya, 1% to Somalia, 1% to Djibouti, and less than 1% to Lebanon.
47% : Read MoreIn a statement to CNN, the United Nations said that under the Black Sea Grain Initiative, roughly 30% of "grains and other foodstuffs" have made it to low- and lower-middle-income countries, or approximately 700,000 metric tons.
42% : But the Russian invasion has affected Ukraine's entire food production and supply chain, from sowing to harvesting to exports, with the United Nations warning that up to 49 million people could be pushed into famine or famine-like conditions due to the war's devastating impact on global food supply and prices.
36% : According to data from The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), some of the world's most vulnerable countries are among the ones most reliant on imports from Ukraine.

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