Watch the moment a desperate Ukrainian family is saved from flooding after being given bottled water by a drone
It comes amid warnings that a crisis of global food security could occur if the Ukrainian fields turn into deserts, as the dam’s destruction has stopped the water supply to nearly 600,000 hectares of agricultural land.
“In total, according to preliminary calculations, the losses from the death of all biological resources will amount to [$285m dollars],” it concluded. Ukraine is globally one of the major producers of grain and oils, which means without the maintenance of agricultural land, worldwide food supplies could be majorly affected.Mykhailo Podolyak, a chief advisor to President Zelenksy told The Independent: “The instantaneous death of a large number of fish and animals, the waterlogging of drained lands and the change in the climatic regime of the region will later be reflected in the food security of the world.
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