Current War Situation in Ukraine (March 12 Update)

Current War Situation in Ukraine

March 2, 2024

The russian drone hit a multi-storey building in Odessa.
12 people killed, five of them children: 4-month-old Tymofii, 7-month-old Liza, 3-year-old Mark, 8-year-old Zlata, and Serhii, who was to turn 10 in July.

March, 2024

March 6: russians hit the port infrastructure of Odesa.
They launched 18 Shahed drones. 15 were hit by the air defense.
The attack damaged warehouses, loading equipment, and trucks carrying grain.
Five people were killed.
It happened during the visit to the city of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

February 11: Polish protesters damaged trucks with Ukrainian grain at the “Yagodyn-Dorohusk” railway station.
February 23: In Poland, near the “Dorohusk” railway station, unknown persons opened train car with Ukrainian rapeseed, which was transiting to Hamburg, Germany.
February 24: Unknown persons opened a train car, this time with soybeans.
February 25: Unknown people opened train car with Ukrainian corn near Bydgoszcz, Poland.
February 27: A large-scale protest action against Ukrainian agricultural products and the EU Green Course was held in Warsaw. At least 10,000 protesters took part in it.
March 1: Polish farmers started a protest near the passenger service area on the national road S61 near the border with Lithuania. 30-40 farmers without agricultural machinery were taking part in the protest.
Polish farmers announced that they will continue their protests at the border until April 30.
March 6: Large farmers’ protest began in Warsaw.
Main demands of Polish farmers are the rejection of the European Green Deal and the restriction on the import of agricultural products from Ukraine.
March 7: Poland offers the EU to cancel all trade preferences that Ukraine received after the war began.

Photo: https://sil.media/

As of March 4, the number of trucks on the Polish border, waiting to exports the agricultural produce, amounts to 1044.
In 2024, the percentage of grain in the structure of transport by road is 24%: 10% – wheat, 1% – barley and 13% – corn (the Ministry of Agrarian Policy).
The percentage of “grain” trucks that are at the border ranges from 35 to 50%.
The share of spoiled grain due to downtime at the border ranges from 5 to 15%.
Ukrainian farmers and grain transporters have already lost from $954,000 to $1,485,000 during the 23 days of downtime at the Polish borders.

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In February 2024, Ukraine managed to export 8 mln tons of agricultural products, which is 3.4% more than the previous month.
5.2 mln tons were exported through the sea corridor. This is a record volume since the beginning of a large-scale invasion.
Since August 2023, 19 mln tons of agricultural products have been shipped to foreign markets, which is 68% of the total volume of cargo.
2.5 mln tons of grain and oil were exported through the Danube ports during the first months of 2024.
Export of sunflower oil in February exceeded last year’s figure by 50%. 603K tons were exported to foreign markets.
Ukraine increased export of dairy products by 22% in February. Last month, 8.5 thousand tons of dairy products were exported for $16.6 million.

Source: Latifundist.com

Agrarians of 12 oblasts have started planting of cereals and legumes: wheat, barley and peas.
As of the March 7, 68 K ha have already been planted:

– 4.3 K ha of wheat;

– 38.9 K ha of barley;

– 23.3 K ha of peas;

– 1,5 K ha of oats.

Peculiarities of planting season 2024:

Costs for the four main expenses components (fertilizers, chemicals, seeds, fuel) will be reduced: for grains by 5% – to 311 USD/ha and by 4% – to 315 USD/t – for oilseeds .
The area under soybeans will increase by 21% compared to last year, corn at this time will decrease by 9%.
Areas under spring crops may decrease by 0.5 mln ha (or 3.7%) compared to last year.
About 4 mln ha of agricultural land cannot be currently used for planing.