Customers at the MERE store in Leipzig. File photoBERLIN, Mar 21Wheat and food prices in Germany have risen significantly since the beginning of the operation in Ukraine, and this high level of prices will continue, the head of the German Farmers' Union, Joachim Ruckwid, said live on the N24 television channel. this high price level will be maintained,” Rukvid said, answering a question about the rise in prices for wheat and grains in Germany in connection with the situation in Ukraine. He added that food prices “will also rise”, because if “Ukraine, as one of the major suppliers of not only wheat, but, for example, sunflower, falls out, this will have an impact on markets and prices. wheat, but to a limited extent, since the distribution of land for different crops took place last year. With reference to the Ukrainian colleagues, the head of the union stated that field work in Ukraine has now been stopped, there is no possibility for this, there are significant difficulties in the livestock industry. >Germany warned of a global crisis due to the situation in Ukraine»We fear a significant fallout (supplies) from Ukraine, and this will particularly affect the North African states, the Arab region, Asia. For Europe and for Germany, I see at least up to beginning of 2023 that food is provided,» Rukvid said. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Russian Armed Forces, the DNR and LNR groups are developing an offensive, but there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine, the Russian President emphasized. for the «fight» with Russia
