Ukrainian intelligence claims that Russia is planning to destroy Ukraine's food industry.
The Ukrainian media, citing a source in the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense (GUR), reports that Russia is allegedly preparing attacks against the food industry factories in Ukraine.
According to the source, both Ukrainian and foreign companies are at risk.
The source claims that potential targets could include grain elevators, storage and processing facilities for agricultural products, warehouses, factories producing sunflower and other vegetable oils, dairy and oil factories, meat processing plants, poultry farms and other food industry establishments.
The agency's source claims that the apparent goal of this type of attacks is to undermine the situation in Ukraine by undermining food security, followed by an information campaign, causing damage to the economy and reducing foreign exchange earnings for the budget.
- Moreover, according to the source, Moscow apparently intends to increase the share of Russian agricultural exports in countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia.