Russia is preparing strikes on food industry facilities, including both Ukrainian and foreign-owned enterprises on Ukrainian territory.
This was reported by a source for LB.ua in the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (HUR).
According to the source, the Russians plan to attack facilities for the storage and processing of agricultural crops, including grain elevators and warehouse infrastructure, facilities producing sunflower and other vegetable oils, as well as dairy and butter plants, meat-processing factories, poultry farms and other food industry enterprises.
Russia’s aim is to destabilise the situation in Ukraine by striking at food security and, through a subsequent information campaign to demoralise society, to inflict significant damage on the country’s economy and reduce foreign-currency revenues to the Ukrainian budget.
Intelligence officials noted that Moscow’s plan to damage Ukraine’s food industry is also intended to increase the share of Russian agricultural exports, in particular to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia.