As of today, basic food packages have been prepared and food reserves have been formed in each Regional State Administration the territories of which are temporarily under occupation, so that after deoccupation the residents of these regions will be immediately provided with food. These are Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, Luhansk and Kharkiv regions.
First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Taras Vysotsky told about it, “ProAgro Group” reports with reference to the information of the profile ministry.
“Back in early March, the Government began to purchase food products of domestic production from the list of critical goods for consumption and hand them over to the population at the expense of the budget. Goods were purchased through local military administrations and used actually for two purposes – distribution to internally displaced persons in all regions of Ukraine, as well as to form a reserve in case of a potential force majeure or blockage of a particular region,” the official stressed.
He explained that the basic set is 12.5 kg of long-term storage products, which includes cereals, oil, canned foods, dairy and meat products, potatoes, breadcrumbs, cookies.
