KYIV, June 12 – The humanitarian situation in Ukraine is “hugely worse” than before the Kakhovka dam collapsed, the UN’s Undersecretary-General Martin Griffiths said in an interview with the Associated Press on Friday.

“700,000 people are in need of drinking water … the ravages of flooding in one of the world’s most important breadbaskets will almost inevitably lead to lower grain exports, higher food prices around the world, and less to eat for millions in need,” Griffiths said.