Wars are also fought by manipulating informations. Propaganda via fake news is very much a thing, and it's showing from both sides. If the west had to accept everything Zelensky and Ukraine demand and report, like a call for a no fly zone or EU immediate association, we could be in a hot world war already. People should not believe all chronicles and gossips. I am against the aggression but I fear that Russia will take Ukraine. I don't believe Putin ever thought this would be easy or quick, whatever they say. And he has plenty of resources and manpower to deal with a long term strategy. And those young inexperienced uninformed front line of soldiers, are just that, the front line a war lord sacrifice first. My realistic hopes are that the conflict won't exit Ukraine, that the west won't implement a no fly zone or further heavy sanctions to provoke Putin more, and that maybe they strike a deal fast, maybe mediated by someone like Xi as Putin won't listen to anyone else.
Yes. They are mostly coming from EU and US. The hybrid seed stock, the field equipment, the vitamins/feeds for the chickens and pigs etc etc. Russian agriculture is going to suffer hugely. It is not possible to plant potatoes by just cutting up some potatoes you have and burying the pieces. They will grow, but the harvest will be 30% of what you usually get.
Here's some 2019 info, kinda old... USA used to get 30% of our fertilizer from Russia. Who's hungry? Starvin Marvin is. USA currently sends a cool Billion$ per day to Russia for Oil but keeps Keystone and other pipelines closed down and shuts down drilling in what was an energy independant nation US. Day one when poopy Joe took orfice he started signing whatever was on the desk in front of him. Choking US Energy was job number one. As said in the movie Road Warrior ... "Without energy, they were nothing..."Score one for the scumbags. Ark Midnight 297 - The Fortnight Intelligence Briefing https://caravantomidnight.com/episode-detail/21957?action=