Russian troops stole farm equipment and targeted grain warehouses in order to cause a famine in the eastern European country, according to the human rights chief.
Russian forces destroyed a grain elevator in eastern Ukraine, which was used to store the crop, according to the country's human rights officer.
She said the first cases of theft were recorded in mid-March.
Denisova said a grain warehouse in the Dnipro region was hit by a Russian strike.
Denisova said that Russian occupation forces were deliberately taking measures to cause a famine.
The deputy foreign affairs minister of Ukraine posted a video of the alleged strike to the internet.
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Iuliia Mendel, a former spokeswoman for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, posted photos that appeared to show damage to Ukrainian agricultural equipment.
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Zelenskyy said in a Sunday video that Russian forces hit a warehouse with grain and another withfertilizer.
Zelenskyy said that the war against Ukraine is a war of extermination for the Russian army.
The Kremlin denies that it stole grain in areas that Russian President Vladimir Putin's forces now occupy.
Attacks on grain storage and production have impacts beyond the borders of Ukraine, which is a grain exporter.
The UN expressed concern that the war in Ukraine has created a humanitarian crisis and threatens food security.
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