War-torn towns in eastern Ukraine have tomatoes on sale — while shelves in Britain are bare | The Sun
WARTORN towns in eastern Ukraine have tomatoes on sale – while shelves in Britain are bare.
The Sun found fresh fruit and veg aplenty in bomb-blitzed eastern Donbas where Putin has focused the fury of his bloodbath botched offensive.
It comes as the UK’s big supermarket chains ration salad items to two or three per person blaming dodgy weather in Morocco and Spain.
Ukraine imports fruit and veg from earthquake hit Turkey but has largely avoided food rationing since the first weeks of the war.
Juicy red tomatoes were on sale in Kramatorsk last night – just 20 miles from the meatgrinder town of Bakhmut – for £2.97/kg.
Russia blockaded Ukraine’s Black Sea ports forcing imports to come overland.
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