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Russia planning strikes on Ukraine’s food industry, military intelligence source says
A source in Ukraine’s military intelligence says Russia is preparing strikes on food industry facilities across Ukraine, including businesses owned by Ukrainians and foreign companies. The reported aim is to weaken food security, damage the economy and reduce export earnings, while increasing Russia’s share of agricultural markets.
Planned targets reportedly include grain storage and processing sites, vegetable oil producers, dairy and meat plants, and poultry farms. The source also said Russia intends to pair attacks with an information campaign to demoralise Ukrainians. Russia has struck food supply chains in recent months, including supermarket distribution centres in August; on 6 November, President Volodymyr Zelensky warned of further planned attacks on critical facilities and bridges over the Dnipro.
In short
- Ukraine’s intelligence source says Russia is planning attacks on food industry sites.
- Reported aims include disrupting food security and agricultural export earnings.
- Russia has previously struck supermarket distribution centres.
Explained simply
Ukraine’s food industry includes the farms, factories and storage sites that turn crops and livestock into food for people at home and for export. Grain, vegetable oil, dairy, meat and poultry are important parts of that industry.
Ukraine is a major agricultural exporter, so damage to food businesses can affect jobs, earnings and supplies beyond the country. Russia’s full-scale invasion has already disrupted farming and transport, while attacks on food facilities can also affect distribution within Ukraine.
The reported plans come amid continuing attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure and warnings from President Volodymyr Zelensky about possible further strikes. Food supplies and exports matter to Ukraine’s economy and to countries that buy its agricultural products.
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