"Our land is on fire": russian invaders set fire to Ukrainian wheat fields
The Ukrainian military reports that the russian army is purposefully destroying agricultural land in Ukraine.
Fires from mass shelling by the russian army in Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions are destroying wheat fields. It was reported in several local publications over the past few days. The information was also confirmed by the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council, Mykola Lukashuk, on his Telegram channel.
On July 7, the enemy shelled the territory of the Zaporizhzhia region, resulting in the fields there catching fire. The fire spread to the land of the Velykomykhailivka community in the Dnipropetrovsk region. Almost 20 hectares of wheat were destroyed there.
"The fire was self-extinguished," Lukashuk clarified.
On the same day, the occupiers struck the territory of the village of Novosemenivka, as a result of which 5 hectares of stubble burned down.
At the same time, the Zaporizhzhia.Info Telegram channel reported that russians were burning wheat fields with phosphorus bombs in the Zaporizhzhia region.
"In our region, the russian occupiers illegally use cluster and phosphorous ammunition, prohibited by all international conventions. First, they hit residential neighborhoods, and then burn entire wheat fields," the channel's authors write. Also, the publication reports citing the Ukrainian military that russian troops have begun "targeting and destroying fertile Ukrainian fields."
Subsequently, this message also appeared on the Telegram channel of the Polohy community of the Zaporizhzhia region.
Indeed, Ukraine's 28th separate mechanized brigade named after The Knights of the Winter Campaign published a video of a russian shell falling on a wheat field and footage of burning farmland on its page.
"In addition to blocking ports, stealing and selling grain, the occupier cynically sets farmers' fields on fire," the military commented.
Wheat fields are on fire due to russian rocket fire. Kostiantyn Liberov shows photos from the scene of the events.
"This is happening all over the country, but these photos are what I saw with my own eyes. Our land is on fire," the photographer shares.
The front line in Ukraine is visible even from space.
NASA's Firms system, which detects large fires, recorded the hottest spots.
Fires along the front line in Ukraine can be seen on the Firms website.
In particular, satellite images show large-scale fires in Luhansk, Donetsk, and part of the Kharkiv regions, as well as in the south, in the Mykolayiv region and Kherson region.
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