Russia plans attacks on Ukraine's food industry, Ukrainian intelligence source warns
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Russia continues its aerial terror campaign against Ukraine, planning strikes on food industry facilities, according to a source in Ukraine's Defense Intelligence (HUR).
Russia preparing new strikes
Russia is preparing strikes on food industry facilities. The targets include Ukrainian and foreign-owned businesses operating in Ukraine, a source in the HUR told RBC-Ukraine.
According to the source, Russian forces are planning to attack agricultural storage and processing facilities, including grain elevators and warehouse infrastructure, sunflower oil and other vegetable oil production facilities, as well as dairy and butter factories, meat processing plants, poultry farms and other food industry enterprises.
Russia's goal is to destabilize the situation in Ukraine by undermining food security and subsequently launching an information campaign aimed at demoralizing society, while inflicting significant damage on the country's economy and reducing foreign currency revenues to the Ukrainian state budget, the source said.
Moscow's plan to damage Ukraine's food industry is also aimed at increasing Russia's share of agricultural exports, particularly to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia.
