The Center for National Resistance reports that Russian occupying forces are attempting to remove more than 300 tons of sunflower harvest from the occupied Luhansk Oblast.

“The occupiers ‘purchased’ this harvest from local farmers at artificially lowered prices with the intention of further export to Russia and subsequently to African countries,” the Center states.

This operation follows an established pattern that has been in place since the beginning of Russian aggression in occupied Ukrainian territories.

The occupation authorities force local farmers to sell their harvest to designated companies at fixed prices, effectively leaving them without choice.

The Center for National Resistance emphasizes that the removal of the Ukrainian harvest constitutes both an economic crime against Ukraine and forms part of a broader strategy to undermine the region’s economic stability.

“Russia is using Ukrainian resources to strengthen its positions in the international arena,” the Center reports, adding that such actions “must be condemned by the international community, and those responsible must be held accountable before the law.”

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