Ilya Vedmedenko16:13, 26.05.25

According to experts, this is an attack on the food security of our country.

On the night of May 25, Russian drones struck the agricultural enterprise Agrico Ukraine, which is one of the leading suppliers of seed potatoes in our country. This was reported by the All-Ukrainian Agrarian Council .

“The production stocks that were in the storage were completely destroyed. The blast wave damaged agricultural equipment: tractors, a seeder, a Manitou loader, and much more. The equipment was partially destroyed, partially damaged,” said the statement of Agrico Ukraine director Mykola Hordiychuk.

According to preliminary estimates, the company’s losses exceeded 50 million hryvnias. Fortunately, none of the employees were injured as a result of the Russian attack. 

According to Gordiychuk, this is a deliberate attack on the food security of our country. The fact is that Agrico Ukraine plays a key role in providing domestic farmers with seed potatoes and occupies more than 50% of the market. 

The destruction of the potato storage facility could lead to a shortage of quality planting material in the country. This would affect yields and the overall food situation. Restoring the infrastructure would require significant resources and time. 

It should be noted that Agrico Ukraine is the official representative of the Dutch cooperative AGRICO, which was created more than 50 years ago. 

AGRICO unites more than 1,200 table and seed potato producers in the Kingdom of the Netherlands and produces more than one million tons of potatoes. Seed potatoes are exported to more than 80 countries worldwide.

(C)UNIAN 2025