Russian occupiers seize agricultural enterprises and threaten agricultural workers in the Kherson region
KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO — THURSDAY, 21 APRIL 2022, 16:42
Russian occupying forces are seizing the property of agricultural enterprises, removing products from warehouses, and forcing workers to work under threat in the Kherson region.
Source: Vseukrainska Ahrarna Rada [All-Ukrainian Agricultural Council]
Quote: "Russian occupying forces seize the property of agricultural enterprises in the Kherson region, force them to sow in favour of Russia, export products from warehouses, force workers to work. Those who do not agree are threatened with physical violence."
Details: Agriculturalist from the Kherson region Albert Cherepakha is the owner of the enterprises "Ahro-Spivdruzhnist" ["Agro-Commonwealth"] and "Spivdruzhnist-Pivden" ["Commonwealth-South"], and has 20 thousand hectares in cultivation.
He said that armed Kadyrovites [Kadyrov's personal army supporting the Russian Armed Forces] entered the territory of his agricultural facilities in the Henichesk district on 11-12 April.
Cherepakha’s quote: "We have bases in the villages of Chonhar, Chervonoie, Pavlovka, the land bank is 20,000 hectares. The armed men said that now all the property belongs to them. The facility managers were warned that if any property were to go missing, they would be beheaded."
More details: According to him, the hostile forces were under the leadership of separatist S. Nemitulaiev. Currently, employees of the company are forced to work for the benefit of the occupiers.
"The invaders began to manage the production processes at the enterprise: they ordered the workers to sow, prepare the request for the necessary materials. To do this, they began to export and sell products stored in warehouses," – added Cherepakha.
Background: On Thursday morning, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that Russian occupying forces in the Kherson region were planning to conduct a forced mobilisation of local residents in the war against Ukraine.
