It is time for maritime nations to take decisive action to stop Russia causing further damage to Ukraine, the global economy and everyone on this planet.

Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov — President Vladimir Putin’s chief propagandist, who can’t decide whether the invasion was a peacekeeping mission to free Ukrainians from Nazi oppression, to secure independence for the Donbas and Luhansk regions, or to enact full regime change — recently reached an agreement to allow Ukraine to resume its important role of helping to feed the world.