Russia has destroyed several grain storage facilities and a food production plant over the past several days

On the night of October 4, 2025, Russian drones shelled the Chernechchyna hromada – a local government area that includes one or more nearby settlements – in the Sumy region, hitting a grain storage facility in what reports indicated was a deliberate strike.

Then, on October 7, drones struck an agricultural enterprise in the Chernihiv region, resulting in the loss of supplies. Russians later struck a hummus production plant in the Kyiv region, forcing a halt in production.

Reports of shelling on grain storage facilities, other food production or storage sites were also reported earlier this year, but such attacks were most frequent in the first 18 months of the full-scale war. At the time, Russians also burned hundreds of hectares of fields; their goal was described as an attempt to provoke a food shortage.

The negative consequences of these actions, of Russians not only for Ukraine but for the world, were documented by the U.N.. However, Russian representatives demonstratively left the organization’s meeting hall when reminded of these facts.

Experts have not yet weighed in immediately on the shelling in October 2025.

For reference, Russians have not only destroyed thousands of tons of food in Ukraine but have also stolen at least $1 billion worth of grain from occupied territories, according to expert estimates. Amid this news, Russian ruler Vladimir Putin claimed a record harvest in Russia.