food supply

Fuel crisis delays food deliveries to St. Petersburg stores

Food producers have warned retail chains in St. Petersburg of delivery delays due to fuel shortages following Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries, The Moscow Times reported, citing notifications sent to retailers on July 1.

1 July, 02:52 PM

Iran war disrupts cargo routes, leaving Dubai with only 10 days of fresh food

Fresh food supplies in Dubai may last only about 10 days, Kühne+Nagel CEO Stefan Paul said, according to the outlet Heute.

6 March, 03:29 PM

Russian POWs admit they fight for money, not belief - HUR

Russian occupiers who are now captured by Ukrainian forces say they joined the war against Ukraine due to financial hardship, Kostyantyn Nemichev, co-founder of HUR's Kraken special unit said in an interview with Ukrainska Pravda on July 1.

1 July 2025, 02:51 PM

Russia resumes wheat deliveries to Syria under post-Assad rule

Russian ship carrying wheat arrived at the Syrian port of Latakia, marking the first delivery of its kind since former president Bashar al-Assad was overthrown in December, Reuters reported on April 20.

21 April 2025, 03:00 PM

Zelensky discusses food supply with Lebanon’s new president

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had his first conversation with Lebanon's new president, Joseph Aoun, on Jan. 30.

31 January 2025, 01:32 AM

Ukraine invites Switzerland to join food aid initiative for Syria

Volodymyr Zelenskyy invited Switzerland to join Ukraine’s humanitarian food aid program for Syria in a phone call with its newly elected President Karin Keller-Sutter, Presidential Office wrote on Jan. 7.

8 January 2025, 08:03 AM

Russian attack on Odesa destroys UN humanitarian shipment bound for Palestine

The container ship Russia damaged with a ballistic missile in Odesa overnight on Oct. 10 was carrying a UN humanitarian consignment bound for Palestine, Ukraine’s Agrarian Policy Minister Vitalii Koval said in a Telegram post.

10 October 2024, 08:24 PM

Ukraine joins top-5 organic food suppliers to EU: Export details

Ukraine has joined the ranks of the top five suppliers of organic products to Europe, with the ultimate goal of becoming the leading supplier, Agriculture Minister Vitaliy Koval said at a conference dedicated to Ukraine's organic market on Sept. 23.

24 September 2024, 04:25 PM

Kyiv court fines supplier for failing to deliver $12,000 worth of food to Ukrainian military

The Kyiv Economic Court has imposed a fine of almost 502,000 hryvnias ($12,145) on the company Nova-Postach for failing to deliver food supplies to the Ukrainian military, as reported in a court decision dated Sept. 5.

23 September 2024, 11:36 AM

How children in Zakarpattia learn to grow and harvest wheat to support Ukraine’s military

Alisa Smyrna, a civic activist and guide from Zakarpattia, and six local children harvested wheat they sowed themselves, which will be used to bake bread for sale to raise funds for Ukraine’s Armed Forces.

26 August 2024, 05:13 PM

Ukraine’s Nibulon delivers first grain shipment to Egypt in 2024

Nibulon, one of Ukraine's largest grain market operators, delivered the first batch of Ukrainian grain to Egypt in 2024 as part of a tender with the General Authority for Supply of Commodities of the Egyptian government (GASC), the company reported on Facebook on Aug. 1.

1 August 2024, 03:25 PM

UN WFP official on Ukraine’s role in global food supply — interview

Marianne Ward, Deputy Director at UN World Food Programme (WFP) in Ukraine, spoke in an interview with NV about the humanitarian food procurement system in Ukraine, which countries receive the aid, and how Ukrainian agriculture benefits from it.

19 July 2024, 11:55 PM

Defense Ministry discards 340 tons of substandard food supplies

Ukraine’s Defense Ministry has discovered nearly 340 tons of substandard or unsafe food products stored in its warehouses in June alone, the ministry's press service reported on July 3.

3 July 2024, 10:43 PM

Russians force Ukrainian children to produce dry rations for soldiers

In the temporarily occupied territories, Russians are forcing Ukrainian children to produce dry borscht and other food products for their military, the National Resistance Center (NRC) reported on June 24.

25 June 2024, 11:08 AM

Why WOG Cafe left Ukrainian Railways and who will replace it

A new food supplier is expected to start serving snacks and beverages on Ukrainian Railways’ (UZ) high-speed trains on June 1. NV Business examines who will replace its predecessor, WOG Cafe, and why.

13 June 2024, 11:22 PM

Suppliers deliberately disrupted the auction for food supplies for the army – investigation

The auction for supplying food to the Ukrainian army via the Prozorro electronic system didn't occur because most suppliers withdrew their bids, as reported by the Public Anti-Corruption Council under the Ministry of Defense on Facebook on March 6.

7 March 2024, 03:30 PM

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