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epa10072086 A picture taken during a visit to Melitopol organized by the Russian military shows a Russian serviceman standing guard near a wheat field outside Melitopol, Zaporizhia region, southeastern Ukraine, 14 July 2022. (issued 15 July 2022). The conflict in Ukraine has affected the availability and price of wheat worldwide. Melitopol is under the control of Russian forces and the city is administered by a military-civilian administration. On 24 February 2022 Russian troops entered the Ukrainian territory in what the Russian president declared a 'Special Military Operation', starting an armed conflict that has provoked destruction and a humanitarian crisis. EPA/SERGEI ILNITSKY