The occupiers are deliberately destroying agricultural machinery in Ukraine. Systematic cases of such actions have been recorded in Brovary district (Kyiv region), Melitopol district (Zaporizhzhia region), Pryluky, Nizhyn, Novhorod-Siverskyi districts (Chernihiv region), as well as in some territories of Kherson and Kharkiv regions. Agricultural machinery is also requisitioned in masse by invaders for engineering work, construction of fortifications, and using as trucks for armoured vehicles. The local population in the occupied settlements is forcibly involved in these works.

According to the latest reports: on March 13 at night in the territories of Chupakhivka and Olenynske of Okhtyrka district (Sumy region), a targeted air-bomb attack was carried out on the places of storage of agricultural machinery. As a result of the strike, all equipment, more than 30 units, was destroyed.

Such actions of the enemy indicate the following:

1. The enemy is deliberately annihiliating agricultural machinery. This will jeopardize the sowing campaign in the spring, leading to a humanitarian crisis in some regions of Ukraine.

2. Food security is threatened not only inside the country. Ukraine is one of the leading suppliers of many types of crops to the markets of Europe and China.

3. Occupants continue to strike civilian objects. This grossly violates the fundamental principles of international humanitarian law.