Taoiseach: Putin has created energy crisis and is 'potentially creating a famine crisis'

Micheál Martin also said Vladimir Putin was using migration as a 'weapon' to create pressure on European countries

Russian President Vladimir Putin. Picture: Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP

Russian president Vladimir Putin has created an energy crisis and is “creating potentially a famine crisis,” the Taoiseach has said.

Micheál Martin said Russian attacks on grain silos and curtailing the export of Ukrainian grain is affecting supply and will create issues “downstream”.