Ukrainian FM: Moscow playing 'hunger games' with world

PHNOM PENH: Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba pressed Southeast Asian countries for political and material support in his county's fight against Russia, while accusing Moscow on Saturday of playing "hunger games" with the world by holding up shipments of Ukrainian grain and other agricultural products.

Kuleba told reporters on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit that with a deal allowing Ukraine to export grain and fertilizer due to expire on November 19, the world needed to pressure Russia not to object to its extension, saying Ukrainian products were critical in Africa and Asia.