Security Council has been the scene of many debates about Ukraine, but the council can't do much since Russia is a permanent member and has veto power. THOMAS-GREENFIELD: Russia has launched a full-scale assault on the world's breadbasket, and it is dead set on depriving the world of Ukraine's grains. And she singled out Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has waged war against Ukraine and recently pulled out of a deal that allowed Ukraine to get its grain to world markets via the Black Sea. KELEMEN: But she says conflict fuels famine. And we know without a shadow of a doubt it is within our power to feed the world and end famine. LINDA THOMAS-GREENFIELD: We know food security is national security. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield says in a world abundant with food, no one should ever starve to death. MICHELE KELEMEN, BYLINE: Secretary of State Antony Blinken will be chairing a Security Council meeting on food security this Thursday. has taken over the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council, and it's planning to focus on food security as well as Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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