Why why are they allowing Nuland to speak? Hasn't she done enough? The message was always clear Russia applying pressure to Ukraine #5 wheat exporter (8.5%) was the reason for global food shortages U.S. Treasury: Agricultural, Medical Products Not Part of Russia Sanctions Now Nuland goes off yapping her mouth admitting that apparently there was pressure from "global community" to a #1 agricultural exporter? So global shortages in food are because of pressure to a #5 exporter but not to #1 exporter? someone take her microphone away!
On the grain export thing, I cannot understand why Putin wouldn't have said something like "Oh, Odessa has some security issues at the moment, but we've got Mariupol port all fixed up and safe. Just truck the product up there if you like and there should be no problems. The choice is yours."
In point of actual fact, it probably is more safe and convenient to use the diverse road systems going into the (formerly Ukrainian) Donbas which is now pretty safe and stable. The South part around Odessa is congested and contested. Forcing the product over the bridges which are under attack might at least calm some of the strife along at least some of the potential routes which makes (almost) everyone a winner.