KYIV, Jan 10 – The total direct damage caused to the agricultural industry of Ukraine due to the full-scale Russian invasion amounted to $9.3-9.8 billion by the end of 2022.

As reported on the website of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine (NAAS), this figure includes damage from the blockade of Ukrainian seaports and forced changes in the logistics of export transportation ($7.5–8.0 billion), the cost of last year's unsold grain ($0.5 billion) and the cost of warehouses and granaries destroyed or seized by the invaders ($1.3 billion).