What can be inferred about Ukraine? [br] [originaltext] Officials in Russia

Officials in Russia say it will send at least 200,000 tons of grain to Ukraine which has been hit by severe food shortages. President Putin’ s press office said he decided to aid Ukraine, the Soviet Union’s former breadbasket, during a telephone conversation with its president Leonid Kuchma. Food prices have soared in Ukraine following a poor harvest exacerbated by a harsh winter and a spring drought.