Ukraine’s Farmers, Contending With Stolen Grain and Mined Fields, Now Say Land Is Being Seized

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine—Last month, an armed group turned up at Dmitry Skorniakov’s farm near Mariupol and advised employees that the land was being “nationalized” and now belonged to them.

Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine has captured a number of the best agricultural land in what is among the world’s great breadbaskets, disrupting provides and pushing up meals costs. Russian forces have additionally stolen grain and tools, the Ukrainian authorities and farmers say. Now, total farms are being taken, some farmers say.