David Beasley: “Russia is using hunger as a weapon of war, and Congress is on record kind of condemning the use of hunger as a weapon of…”

in truth, instead of exporting food to help feed entire countries, the conflict means that Ukraine is now being forced to export hunger.

This is as urgent and morally necessary as sending tanks to Ukraine.

Whether this precarious situation turns into a true global famine depends largely on what the United States, European Union, China and other large and wealthy nations do now.

Let me warn you clearly: if you do not respond now, we will see destabilization, mass starvation, and migration on an unprecedented scale.