Black Sea attacks delayed up to 2.5 million tons of wheat bound for Asia
Russian attacks on Ukraine’s ports and Black Sea ships surged from 14 in all of 2025 to 124 this July. Up to 2.5 million tons of wheat bound for Asia is delayed.
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Moldova halves grain-transit fees for Ukraine as its own farmers threaten protests
President Maia Sandu is defending the halved transit fees against her own farmers, arguing that a neighbor able to export and arm itself is worth more to Moldova than the risk to local grain prices.
India’s cooking-oil imports jump for festival season—but not war-hit sunflower
Indian refiners are stocking up for the festival season, but the war has left the world’s top sunflower supplier shut out of the boom.
Ukraine asks the EU for €220 million to unlock €4 billion in farm loans as Russia’s port strikes choke exports
The proposed EU grant would offset interest and bank risk, helping Ukrainian growers borrow before storage pressure peaks.
Moldova overtakes every EU country as Ukraine’s top dairy buyer
Ukraine is selling less dairy abroad and importing more—while Moldova, rather than an EU country, has become its largest foreign customer.
Russia’s Odesa strikes halve Ukraine’s grain export forecast
Disrupted Black Sea exports are straining Ukraine’s grain storage and pushing some wheat prices below production costs.
Russia’s port strikes leave Ukraine’s grain with almost nowhere else to go
Russia’s strikes have halted Ukraine’s deepwater grain exports—and there’s no way around the damage: one rail line carries almost all of it.
Russia can’t blockade Ukraine’s grain ports, so it bombs them—exports could drop a third
The heaviest strikes are expected during the July harvest.
Why are EU farmers still protesting? Subsidies, not Ukrainian imports
Brussels imposed trade quotas in 2025—the CAP fight is the next one.
Ukraine summons Israeli ambassador — for second Russian stolen-grain vessel to reach Haifa
Russia loots Ukrainian grain and then loads in onto ships. Israel unloads it at port and calls it trade.