Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio slammed the Russian blockade of Ukrainian ports as deadly. “Blocking wheat means taking millions of children, women and men hostage and condemning them to death,” Di Maio told a food security conference convened due to the war. He said he hoped Turkey could mediate and negotiate the end of the blockade to allow many states, including in Africa, to receive supplies- “We expect clear and concrete signals from Russia,” Di Maio said at a press conference with Qu Dongyu, who heads the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Qu warned again of the dramati…