# Ukraine’s top sunflower oil producer shuts down all processing plants due to Russia’s mass attacks

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/ukraines-top-sunflower-oil-producer-shuts-down-all-processing-plants-due-to-russias-mass-attacks/
- Published: 2026-11-12T20:55:23+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-13T09:52:25+00:00
- Original publisher: Kyiv Independent
- Original article: https://kyivindependent.com/ukraines-top-sunflower-oil-producer-shuts-down-all-processing-plants-due-to-russias-mass-attacks/
- Topics: Europe, Russia-Ukraine War, World

## Key points

- Kernel halted all eight plants after Russian strikes damaged facilities.
- Staff are safe, and seed purchases have been suspended.
- The company can process up to 3.5 million tonnes of seeds annually.

## Summary

Kernel Holding, Ukraine’s largest sunflower oil producer and exporter, has suspended operations at all eight of its extraction plants after Russian strikes damaged production buildings, equipment and storage tanks. The company says protecting staff from the fire risks posed by attacks on oil-processing sites was the main reason for the shutdown; all employees are safe.

Kernel has also stopped buying seeds but says it remains financially and operationally stable, continues shipping stored goods and is meeting existing agreements with Ukrainian farmers. Before Russia’s full-scale invasion, it accounted for about 9% of global sunflower oil production and could process up to 3.5 million metric tonnes of sunflower seeds a year. The shutdown follows a Russian overnight assault involving 123 long-range drones and missiles, with damage reported in eight Ukrainian regions.

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