War in Europe
Maximilian Luz
Reinhardt
Tetiana
Schyrochenko
The impact of the Russian war of aggression on Ukrainian livestock production
Before the Russian war of aggression began, Ukrainian farmers kept over 1.6 million cattle. In the first three months of the war alone, Ukrainian dairy farms lost at least 50,000 cattle. The value of the farm animals that have died so far is estimated at over 136 million US dollars. But there is no end in sight to the death of the herds. But what is driving the cattle deaths?