Locusts swarm in south Ukraine as war disrupts pest control | DW News

In Ukraine, a plague of locusts is threatening sunflowers and other crops. Ukraine says the Russian invasion is partly to blame, with the war making pest control impossible. Farmers in the Zaporizhzhia region say the swarms have already destroyed a third of their sunflowers.

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Post from DW News on July 31, 2025

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