Famine Is ‘Staring Ukraine in the Mirror,’ Agricultural Minister Says — As Ghost of the Holodomor Lurks on the Battlefields

Ukraine’s agriculture minister says today’s Russian offensive echoes the previous century’s anti-Ukrainian agricultural policies and is a direct assault on Ukraine’s food security.

President Zelensky and his wife, Olena, during a Holodomor Remembrance Day ceremony in November 2019. President.gov.ua via Wikimedia Commons

Ukraine faces a merciless Russian invasion from the north, south, and east. And though a staunch Ukrainian defense has stalled Moscow’s offensive in recent days, a far deadlier foe lurks in the battlefields — famine.

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