The Russian army has bombed a grain warehouse in Ukraine and tightened its blockade on Black Sea ports, sparking fears of a new global food crisis.

Around 4.5million tonnes of grain are sitting in closed occupied Ukrainian ports, according to UN World Food Programme director Martin Frick. He said: "None of the grain can be used right now. It is just sitting there.

“Hunger should not become a weapon" and he called for the resumption of Ukrainian food supplies to other nations to alleviate the global food crisis.

The Ukrainian president has warned that the blockade will deprive dozens of countries essential food supplies.

Zelensky said: "They targeted the warehouses of agricultural enterprises. The grain warehouse was destroyed. 

"The warehouse with fertilizers was also shelled."

It followed news that Putin's forces looted £4million worth of Ukrainian tractors and took them 700 miles to Chechnya before realising they were remotely disabled.