Irish Examiner view: Domino theory of states that collapse put to test by Ukraine war

Many countries on the watch list as global food crisis looms due to Ukraine war

Ukrainians wait for a food distribution organised by the Red Cross in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv. Picture: Emilio Morenatti/AP

As the Russians further attempt to exacerbate the impending global food crisis by the bombardment of the strategically important Zadoka Bridge — one of the few remaining routes for the export of Ukrainian grain to the land border with Moldova and Romania — the world waits to see the next country whose government will fall from bankruptcy and chaos.

Before February, African countries imported some 44% of their wheat from Ukraine and Russia. About 22m tons of grain are stuck in the war-torn country and there is one month to get supplies out before the start of the next harvest.