India, the world's largest exporter of rice to the world, bans the shipment of some rice out of their borders to keep more for their own nation after devastating rains ruined crops. Rain has also hurt tomato harvests, causing tomato prices to increase 5 times. ~ Prepare for global food shortage.

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Ukraine purposely attacked Crimea

Crimea has been annexed by Russia, and is currently occupied by the invaders.

knowing full well it would break their grain deal with Russia.

The wording of the Initiative on the Safe Transportation of Grain and Foodstuffs from Ukrainian Ports says nothing about attacks on anything except ships carrying grain.

Russia's rhetoric prior to not extending the grain deal was about loosening of sanctions by the west, not the liberation of Crimea. They claim that they can't export food freely, because it's more difficult that usual to get paid for it. Since some of their banks are locked out of the global banking system.

It was important for Ukraine to strangle the whole wold into feeling their pain.

They didn't bomb their own grain silos and ports. That was Russia. Probably they see the world as against them, and are happy to spread some of their pain, but this is not the doing of Ukraine.