Ukraine’s farmers despair as Russia’s Black Sea blockade traps their harvest
ZHYTOMYR REGION, UKRAINE – Ukrainian farmer Serhiy Rybalko lost two-thirds of his land when Russia occupied a large part of southern Ukraine at the start of the invasion in 2022.
Now he is suffering a different kind of torment as a potentially good harvest is thrown into jeopardy by a Russian campaign of attacks that has almost halted agricultural exports from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports.
Ukraine is among the world’s largest producers of wheat, corn and sunflower seeds and around 90% of its exports of such crops go through the Black Sea.
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