Russia Resumes Transporting Ukrainian Grain From Occupied Part of Zaporizhia Region to Ports in Rostov-On-Don

The grain is being transported despite a drought and a harvest so small it was sufficient only for planting new crops and meeting the region’s own needs.

Russia has resumed transporting Ukrainian grain from the occupied part of the Zaporizhia region to ports in Rostov-on-Don.

This was stated by Petro Andriuschenko, the head of the Center for Occupation Studies, the CFTS portal reports.

“Despite the drought and the minimal size of the harvest, which should have been sufficient only for planting new crops and meeting the region’s needs, the Russians are hauling it to Russia to cover the grain crisis there,” he said.

According to Andriuschenko, the “state grain campaign” in the occupied part of the Zaporizhia region essentially repeats the Russian practice of seizing grain from local agricultural producers for next to nothing during the famine of the past century.