Kyiv: Ukraine has misplaced 1 / 4 of its arable land in sure areas since Russia’s invasion, significantly within the south and east, the deputy agriculture minister stated Monday however insisted its meals safety was once now not threatened.

“In spite of the lack of 25 p.c of arable land, the construction of crop planting this yr is greater than enough” to verify meals for the inhabitants, Taras Vysotskiy informed a information convention, pronouncing it “does now not pose a danger to Ukraine’s meals safety”.