A large grain silo was completely destroyed in a Russian missile attack on the eastern Ukrainian Dnipro region this weekend and injured one person, the facility’s owner, Ukrlandfarming, said late on Sunday.
Ukrlandfarming is one of Ukraine’s largest agrarian holdings, which, as a result of the Russian invasion in 2022, suffered losses of around USD 1 billion as of the end of 2023.
“On the evening of 9 March 2024, the enemy launched a missile attack on the Dnipro region. A 58-year-old man, our employee, was injured. The production facilities of our company were completely destroyed,” the company said in a statement.
It provided no further details.
Ukraine-based agribusiness website latifundist.com tweeted:
Analysts from the Kyiv School of Economics (KSE) said last month that the Ukrainian agricultural sector has suffered almost USD 80 billion in direct and indirect losses linked to Russia’s invasion.
The figure included losses of USD 5.8 billion from the destruction of equipment, USD 1.8 billion from damage to silos, and almost USD 2 billion from ruined agricultural products.
At the beginning of January 2023, analysts estimated such losses at USD 38 billion.
“On the evening of 9 March 2024, the enemy launched a missile attack on the Dnipro region. A 58-year-old man, our employee, was injured. The production facilities of our company were completely destroyed,” the company said in a statement.
It provided no further details.
Ukraine-based agribusiness website latifundist.com tweeted:
🔴 A grain elevator of Ukrlandfarming in Dnipropetrovsk region was targeted by russians on Mar 9. The facility's infrastructure was heavily damaged in an airstrike.#russiaUkraineWar #russiaIsATerroristState pic.twitter.com/W2qvRxnHFQ
— Latifundist.сom (@LatifundistCom) March 11, 2024
Analysts from the Kyiv School of Economics (KSE) said last month that the Ukrainian agricultural sector has suffered almost USD 80 billion in direct and indirect losses linked to Russia’s invasion.
The figure included losses of USD 5.8 billion from the destruction of equipment, USD 1.8 billion from damage to silos, and almost USD 2 billion from ruined agricultural products.
At the beginning of January 2023, analysts estimated such losses at USD 38 billion.
Source: Reuters
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