Secretary of State Blinken says Russia is stealing Ukraine grain to sell around the world in a plot to 'blackmail' the West into lifting sanctions as fears grow food prices will get higher as war rages on
Blinken said reports that Russia was stealing Ukrainian grain were 'credible'
He included it on a list of ways that Moscow was disrupting global food supplies
The secretary of state said Russian forces had laid explosives in farmland, and its naval blockade meant 20 million tons of grain were stuck in port or on ships
He accused Vladimir Putin of trying to blackmail the West into lifting sanctions
