Ukraine strikes halt shipping on key wheat route as Russian fuel crisis deepens

Business To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: f24 © France 24 04:41 Issued on: 13/07/2026 - 23:00 04:41 min From the show Reading time 1 min A daily update on the latest business and economic news. Ukrainian drone strikes have brought shipping in the Sea of Azov to a near standstill, according to Reuters, disrupting a corridor that carries up to a quarter of Russia's wheat exports and sending tremors through global grain and fuel markets. Drone strikes have knocked out a large share of refining capacity, prompting Moscow to ban diesel exports until the end of July, an