Strength to you, independent Ukraine (Monitor) 

Monitor (Uganda Edition) published an article stating that August 24 also marks six months since Russia launched its brutal, illegal invasion of the sovereign nation of Ukraine. Since Ukraine’s independence in 1991, a proud, internationally engaged country, and one committed to freedom and the principles of the UN Charter, has emerged. Ukraine has become a global exporter of grain – feeding hundreds of millions of people around the world. But now the country and all it has achieved is under threat. Ukraine’s grain exports collapsed after the invasion, which has exacerbated food insecurity around the world. African countries import more than 12 percent of their wheat from Ukraine. In Uganda, food prices are up by over 16 percent since last year, and IFPRI estimates that price changes driven by Russia’s invasion have pushed nearly 400,000 thousand Ugandans into poverty.