Russia is preparing strikes against food industry facilities, targeting both Ukrainian and foreign-owned enterprises operating in Ukraine.
A source in the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) told Ukrinform.
According to the source, Russian forces are planning to attack facilities used for the storage and processing of agricultural crops, including grain elevators and warehouses, sunflower oil and other vegetable oil production facilities, as well as dairy plants, butter factories, meat processing plants, poultry farms and other food industry enterprises.
“Russia’s goal is to destabilise the situation in Ukraine by undermining food security and conducting a subsequent information campaign aimed at demoralising society, inflicting significant damage on Ukraine’s economy and reducing foreign currency revenues to the Ukrainian budget,” the source told the agency.
According to the source, Moscow’s plan to damage Ukraine’s food industry is also intended to increase Russia’s share of agricultural exports, particularly to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia.
