Ukraine’s agricultural sector has suffered direct losses of more than $11 billion amid a sharp intensification of Russian drone strikes at the end of last year, Deputy Economy Minister Taras Vysotsky said.
According to him, the figure includes up to $6.5 billion worth of destroyed equipment, damage to infrastructure, including grain-storage facilities, as well as stolen and destroyed products.
Russian strikes on agricultural infrastructure in the Odesa region increased markedly at the end of 2025 and continued in the first months of this year. Ukraine’s Economy Ministry, other government agencies and the Kyiv School of Economics maintain a register of war losses, recording every hit.
In the first months of 2026, the ports of Greater Odesa came under “more than 180 strikes—almost as many as in the entire previous year,” Vysotsky said. “During peak periods, this reduced export capacity by 20–30%, although overall the ports are able to withstand the load.”
The airstrikes also affected facilities belonging to foreign companies operating in Ukraine. This year, infrastructure owned by U.S. agribusiness giants Bunge and ADM was damaged.
“Damage assessment and restoration work are continuing at both sites,” Vysotsky said. “It is too early to speak of a full return to operations.”
According to the deputy minister, the real damage to Ukraine’s agricultural sector is many times higher than the $11 billion in direct losses, because it also includes lost income and the loss of expertise.
Russia and Ukraine regularly strike each other’s energy and infrastructure facilities.