Current War Situation in Ukraine (November 20 Update)

Current War Situation in Ukraine

Battlefield updates
November, 2023

 

  • russian forces conducted offensive operations and advanced along the Kupyansk-Svatove-Kreminna line (November 14).
  • russian forces continue offensive operations near Bakhmut.
  • They also advanced in the Avdiivka direction.
  • Ukrainian defenders conducted a series of successful military operations on the left bank of the Dnipro River on the Kherson axis.

 

Total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 20.11.2023

Stolen Ukrainian grain

November 3, 2023

Pre-planned starvation

International experts and lawyers have collected evidence that shows that even before the full-scale invasion, russia began preparations for the Holodomor (artificial starvation) in Ukraine:

  • After crossing the border on the 24th of February 2022, initially, russians targeted grain-rich areas and food production infrastructure.
  • In December, 2021, russia started purchasing trucks to transport grain, as well as three new 170-metre bulk carrier cargo ships.
  • Less than in a week of invasion, russia took under control Ukrainian farms in the occupied territories and began stealing the produce. One day, they exported 12,000 tons of grain from across occupied territories.
  • The value of grain stolen from Ukraine is estimated at $1 billion per year.
  • Numerous private Ukrainian grain companies were forcibly incorporated into the russian state operator.

Export

November, 2023

 

  • As of November 6, more than 100 mln tons of goods have been exported from Ukraine through the Solidarity Lanes (since the start of operation in May 2022).
  • More than half of this volume is agricultural products.
  • The share of grain in the export structure is almost 24%, oil — 15%.
  • About 65% of all agricultural products are exported through the Solidarity Lanes.
  • In November, 1.2 mln tons of grain were already exported by rail.

 

 

As of November 15, the volume of exports of grain and leguminous crops from Ukraine in the 2023/24 MY amounted to 10.97 mln tons, which is 4.6 million tons or 30% less than previous season:

  • wheat: 5.2 mln tons (12% less than last year’s volume);
  • barley: 749 K tons (-41%);
  • rye: 0.9 K tons (-92%);
  • corn: 4.9 mln tons (-41%).

 

November WASDE

Wheat 23/24:

  • production – 22.5 mln tons (22/23: 21.5 mln tons)
  • export – 12 mln tons (22/23: 17.12 mln tons)

Corn 23/24:

  • production – 29,5 mln tons (22/23: 27 mln tons)
  • export – 20 mln tons (22/23: 27 mln tons)
  • November 14: the 100th ship left the temporary export sea corridor.
  • 4 mln tons of agricultural and other goods have already been exported through the temporary corridor.
  • Temporary corridor started its operation on September 16.
  • More than 46 mln tons of cargo were processed by sea ports of Ukraine in 10 months of 2023.
  • During this period, transshipment of export cargoes increased to almost 42 mln tons, which is 23% more compared to 2022.

May 1 – November 14: 42 mln tons of Ukrainian agricultural products transited through Romania:

  • Wheat – 5 mln tons
  • Corn – 3,7 mln tons
  • Sunflower oil1 – 7 mln tons
  • Rapeseed – 1,3 mln tons
  • Sunflower – 109,7 K tons
  • Wheat flour – 13,6 K tons

Planting season
Eight regions of Ukraine have finished planting of winter crops

 

As of November 14, 2023

Ukrainian farmers planted almost 5.7 mln hectares of winter crops:

  • wheat – 3968 K hectares;
  • barley – 469 K hectares;
  • rye – 77 K hectares;
  • winter rapeseed – 1,15 mln ha.

 

More than 90% of planned winter crops have already been planted in Ukraine.

Harvesting

Two regions of Ukraine have completed the 2023 harvest

As of mid-November, almost 74 million tons of new crops were harvested in Ukraine:

  • grain crops — 53,780.8 K tons
  • oil crops — 20,239 K tons.

AGRITECHNICA-2023

  • We organized the visit of Ukrainian farmers to most awaited fair in Europe – Agritechnica (Hanover).
  • The farmer from previously occupied territory in Kyiv oblast, Ivan Melnyk, was able to visit the event for free because of our WRRU project.
  • Moreover, the journalist, who is going to tell about our project, joined the group as well.
  • It was really useful and informative for our farmers, which will help our agri sector to develop even in such complicated conditions.