# The Battle for the Black Sea | Russia-Ukraine war | Al Jazeera

> Russia has taken two of Ukraine's five main commercial ports, Berdyansk and Mariupol, while Odesa and Mykolaiv remain under Ukrainian control. Those two ports handled 80 percent of Ukraine's pre-war grain exports. Ukraine supplies about 9 percent of world wheat, 15 percent of maize and 44 percent of sunflower oil exports.

- Date: 2022-06-28 · published 2022-06-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region Black Sea · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/14478-the-battle-for-the-black-sea-russia-ukraine-war-al-jazeera
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Sunflower Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SUNMEAL.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

Continued control of Black Sea ports by Russia or Ukraine determines whether large volumes of wheat, corn and sunflower oil reach world markets, shaping feed grain and oilseed prices.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- SUNMEAL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2023-04-21 | [The Black Sea Grain Deal: Fragile Cooperation Between Ukraine and Russia \| Lawfare](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14403-the-black-sea-grain-deal-fragile-cooperation-between-ukraine-and-russia-lawfare.md) | -8.6% | -9.9% |
| WHEAT | 2026-07-27 | [Black Sea grain trapped as Russia, Ukraine attacks continue \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14101-black-sea-grain-trapped-as-russia-ukraine-attacks-continue-world-grain.md) | -2.0% | +3.3% |
| WHEAT | 2023-03-17 | [Russia Still Slow-Walking Ukraine Food Exports in Black Sea Grain Deal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14410-russia-still-slow-walking-ukraine-food-exports-in-black-sea-grain-deal.md) | -3.7% | -6.8% |
| WHEAT | 2022-06-15 | [Unblocking the Black Sea for Ukrainian Grain \| RAND](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14481-unblocking-the-black-sea-for-ukrainian-grain-rand.md) | -2.3% | -13.8% |
| WHEAT | 2026-10-10 | [Ukraine and Russia's grain harvest under threat amid Black sea attacks](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14075-ukraine-and-russia-s-grain-harvest-under-threat-amid-black-sea-attacks.md) | +3.7% | +4.2% |
| CORN | 2023-03-17 | [Russia Still Slow-Walking Ukraine Food Exports in Black Sea Grain Deal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14410-russia-still-slow-walking-ukraine-food-exports-in-black-sea-grain-deal.md) | -1.0% | +1.3% |
| CORN | 2022-06-15 | [Unblocking the Black Sea for Ukrainian Grain \| RAND](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14481-unblocking-the-black-sea-for-ukrainian-grain-rand.md) | -1.6% | +0.4% |
| CORN | 2026-10-10 | [Ukraine and Russia's grain harvest under threat amid Black sea attacks](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14075-ukraine-and-russia-s-grain-harvest-under-threat-amid-black-sea-attacks.md) | -0.7% | -3.7% |

## Sources

- aljazeera.com: https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2022/6/28/how-russia-and-ukraine-are-vying-to-control-vital-grain-routes

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