Key facts
- A HUR source said planned targets include grain elevators and warehouses, sunflower and other vegetable oil plants, dairy and meat plants and poultry farms.
- The source said the strikes would be paired with an information campaign aimed at demoralizing Ukrainian society.
- The source said Moscow aims to cut Ukraine's foreign currency earnings from agricultural exports and raise Russia's share of global farm exports.
- The source said Russia is targeting both Ukrainian-owned and foreign-owned food businesses.
Russia is preparing strikes against food industry facilities across Ukraine, including businesses that are Ukrainian-owned and foreign-owned, a source in Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) told the Kyiv Independent in a report published November 10, 2026.
According to the source, the planned targets include grain storage and processing sites such as grain elevators and warehouses, sunflower oil and other vegetable oil production facilities, dairy plants, meat processing plants and poultry farms, along with other food industry enterprises.
The source said Moscow aims to destabilize Ukraine's food security and cause significant economic damage. Russia also plans to accompany the strikes with an information campaign aimed at demoralizing Ukrainian society, the source said.
The attacks are intended to reduce Ukraine's foreign currency earnings from agricultural exports while increasing Russia's share of global agricultural exports, particularly to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia, according to the source.
Russia has repeatedly targeted Ukraine's food supply chains in recent months. In August, Russian strikes hit distribution centers belonging to supermarket chains including Silpo and Novus, leaving some Kyiv stores with empty shelves and shortages of everyday products such as vegetables, dairy and meat.
On November 6, President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Russia was preparing further strikes against critical facilities and bridges across the Dnipro River.