The largest Ukrainian producer and exporter of sunflower oil, the agroholding "Kernel," has decided on a complete technological shutdown of all its oil extraction plants due to massive Russian strikes on food industry enterprises, the company's press service reported on Thursday.
"Over the past 24 hours, Russian drones deliberately attacked the production sites of Ukrainian processing enterprises, including Kernel's assets. As a result of the strikes, production buildings, equipment, and tanks were damaged," the agricultural holding said.
The company explained that oil extraction production is a continuous technological cycle with increased fire hazard, so a hit on operating equipment creates a direct threat of a large-scale fire and a danger to personnel life. Currently, all enterprises of the holding have implemented regulatory safety protocols for shutdown, and employees are in safe conditions.
In addition, "Kernel" suspended all seed purchases.
At the same time, in the press service…