UN Food Chief Warns of Global Crisis Not Seen Since World War II

A Palestinian worker holds wheat grains at traditional a wheat mill, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on March 21, 2022. Russia's invasion of Ukraine could mean less bread on the table for many countries where millions already struggling to survive. Said Khatib/AFP via Getty Images

The U.N. food chief on Tuesday warned that Russia’s Ukraine invasion will have a global impact “beyond anything we’ve seen since World War II” and that the war has created “a catastrophe on top of a catastrophe.”

“We would have never dreamed anything like this would be possible,” David Beasley, executive director of the U.N. World Food Program told the U.N. Security Council.