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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Tom Levitt and Chris McCullough

‘Russian soldiers took over my farm’: the battle for food supplies in Ukraine

Andrii Pastushenko on his farm just 20km from Russian occupied Kherson.
Andrii Pastushenko on his farm just 20km from Russian occupied Kherson. Photograph: Andrii Pastushenko

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has upended the farming industry, raising fears of disruption to domestic and international food supplies. The Guardian has spoken to three farmers about what life is like on the ground, with the Russian army hiding tanks in barns and stocks of potatoes expected to deplete within weeks.

Andrii Pastushenko, 39, is a dairy farmer who lives 12 miles from Kherson in the south of Ukraine, a city that has been under control of the Russian military.

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