Agricultural and Rural Ukraine
Current War Situation in Ukraine
War News
- In October, 183 civilians in Ukraine were killed by russians.
- At least 903 people were injured.
- Among the victims, 9 children died and 49 were injured.
Civilian casualties due to the war in Ukraine
- From the beginning of russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine (February 24, 2022), to the end of October 2024, 12,162 civilians were killed and 26,919 were injured.
- Human Rights Watch (HRW) claims that at least 10,000 civilians have been killed in Mariupol alone.
Mariupol before and after russian invasion
Photo source: https://www.theguardian.com/
- From October 1 to November 5, russia attacked Ukraine with more than 2,200 attack drones.
- russia increased drone strikes on Ukrainian cities by 44% after elections in the USA.
Russia used Oreshnik medium-range missile to attack Ukraine – November 21
- They used this missile during the morning attack on Dnipro.
- They used an intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time.
- putin claims that russia used a non-nuclear hypersonic ballistic missile to strike the defence industry facility in Dnipro.
Massive missile attack
November 17
- Ukraine was under a massive bombardment.
- russians launched strike drones, cruise missiles, and air-launched ballistic missiles at Ukraine
- They were targeting energy infrastructure.
- In Mykolaiv, a drone attack killed 2 people and injured 6, including 2 children.
- In the Lviv oblast, a woman was killed, and 2 more people were injured.
- In the Dnipropetrovsk oblast, 2 railway workers were killed, and 3 injured as a railway depot was shelled.
Harvesting
- 72,9 tons of new crop (grains and oilseeds) were threshed in Ukraine (19,2 mln ha):
- A total of 53.4 mln tons of grain and almost 19.5 mln tons of oilseeds were harvested.
- 98% of the projected area was threshed.
Planting
- Ukrainian farmers have planted over 6 mln ha of winter crops.
- In particular, winter grains were sown on almost 5 mln ha (96%), and winter rapeseed — over 1.08 mln ha.
Export
- Since the beginning of 2024, Ukrainian ports have exported about 55 mln tons of agricultural products.
- The most exported agricultural products:
-sunflower, safflower or cottonseed oil — 5.3 mln tons ($4.4 billion);
-corn — 25.5mln tons ($4.2 billion);
-wheat and wheat-rye blends — 19.0 mln tons ($3.4 billion);
-rapeseed or colza seeds — 3.5 mln tons ($1.7 billion);
-soybeans — 3.5mln tons ($1.1 billion ).
Grain From Ukraine Initiative
- In 10 months of this year, more agricultural products were exported than in all of 2023 – more than 110 mln tons.
- Ukraine’s food exports feed 400 mln people in 100 countries of the world.
“Overall, during the operation of our Grain From Ukraine program, we have managed to save 20 million people from hunger”.
From speech by the President at the third international
Grain From Ukraine conference