The ongoing war in Ukraine continues to impact negatively on the world with the threat of a global humanitarian crisis not far on the horizon.

The UN secretary-general, Antonio Guterres, has said that the consequences for the world of the Russian invasion of Ukraine are worsening. “The war’s impact on food security, energy and finance is systemic, severe and spreading up for people around the world”, he said. He added that, “the war is threatening to unleash an unprecedented wave of hunger and destitution, leaving social and economic chaos in its wake”...