Russia is waging war against Ukraine on all fronts, including the economic one.. At the same time, not only grain, but also sunflower is exported from the occupied territories.. This is stated in the investigation prepared by BBC News.

It is noted that in 2021 countries competed with each other in the global sunflower oil market.. And now, in order to destroy a competitor, Russia partially makes its sunflower oil from Ukrainian seeds.

The main theses of the investigation:.

”Seed. Chernigovka (Zaporozhye region). Rostov-on-Don. Carry a lot, cars for a circle, ”such messages are published in special groups on Telegram. They are mainly involved in the owners and drivers of trucks and grain carriers or owners of a business related to cargo transportation.

Dispatchers assure chat participants that “the seed is not stolen”. Most likely, the “military-civilian administrations” of the occupied territories could simply take the harvest for themselves. Sometimes in chats they promise to issue waybills and other documents for cargo.

Ukrainian farmers who were able to leave the occupied territories say that the harvest was “plundered” and agricultural equipment was stolen. Others say that farmers were forced to sell seeds and grain at a reduced price..

Sunflower, judging by the ads, is exported to Russia to oil production plants, for example, to Verkhnaya Khava in the Voronezh region or the Gigant village in the Rostov region.

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Recall that on July 22, Ukraine, Turkey and Russia, with the support of the UN Secretary General, agreed to ensure the safe export of grain from the Ukrainian ports "

However, already on the morning of July 23, Russian troops launched a missile attack on the port of Odessa, damaging infrastructure.