Agricultural and Rural Ukraine
Current War Situation in Ukraine
UKRAINE AND ISRAEL
- Ukraine regularly repels attacks like the Iranian one.
- Iran launched 180 aerial targets at Israel during the
- October 1 attack. During the
previous attack, in April, 320 targets. - Ukraine repels attacks of this scale almost every month or more often.
ATTACKS ON UKRAINE
- In September, the russians launched an average of 44 attack UAVs a day into Ukraine. A total of 1331 UAVs were launched.
- September was the only month during the full-scale war when russians launched drones every day.
- russia has launched 119 Kinzhal missiles at Ukraine, 28 of which have been shot down.
- Most of the objects hit by the Kinzhals are civilian: 68 civilian versus 15 military
(latest available data, there may be more).
ATTACKS ON THE SHIP
- On the night of October 5-6, Russia attacked a merchant ship in the port of Pivdenny.
- A ballistic missile hit the open hold of the ship PARESA loaded with corn.
- About 6,000 tons of Ukrainian corn were on board, which was supposed to go to Italy the very next morning.
- None of the 15 crew members, citizens of Egypt and Syria, were injured.
Photo: https://latifundist.com/
ODESSA
October 11
- In the morning, the russian occupiers attacked the port and border infrastructure in the Izmail district of the Odesa region.
- Two truck drivers were injured, one of whom is a citizen of Turkey.
- They also struck the Ukrainian port city of Odessa with ballistic missiles overnight for the second straight day.
- 4 people killed, including a 16-year-old girl, and injuring at least 10 other civilians.
HARVESTING
October, 2024
56.6 mln tons of new crop were threshed in Ukraine:
- 37.3 mln tons of grain crops;
- 15.8 mln tons of oil crops;
- 3.5 mln tons of sugar beet.
The average yield of sunflowers in Ukraine is 2.05 t/ha, corn — 5.16 t/ha,
soybean — 2.17 t/ha.
PLANTING
As of October 7 – 3.8 mln ha of winter crops have already been sown.
In particular:
- wheat — 2.6 mln ha;
- barley — 208.7 K ha;
- rye — 45.9 K ha.
EXPORT
October 11 – volume of exports of grain and leguminous crops from Ukraine in 2024/25 MR amounted to 11.74 mln tons, which is 58% more than in the same period last season.
- wheat – 6.8 mln tons, 81% more than last year. Thus, 42% of wheat from the
total amount agreed in the grain memorandum (16.2 mln tons) was exported. - barley – 1.6 mln tons, 2.4 times more than last year.
- rye – 10.5 K tons, 13 times more than last season.
- corn – 3.1 mln tons, 8% more than last season.
- flour – 21.2 K tons, 45% less than last.
- Since September 2023, the ports of Great Odesa have already shipped 75 mln tons of cargo through the temporary Ukrainian sea corridor.
- 50.1 mln tons – agricultural products.
- Ukrainian products were exported to 50 countries, including Africa, Asia, Europe, and America.