Fears of food shortages after Russian attacks on grocery stores in Ukraine

On the night of March 20, a shopping mall in the outskirts of Kyiv was hit by a Russian missile strike, killing at least eight people. Russia has been accused of targeting civilian infrastructure – apartment buildings, schools and hospitals –during its offensive in Ukraine. In recent weeks, images of the war in Ukraine show attacks on supermarkets, raising concerns that Russia is “deliberately targeting” such sites to cut off food supplies to Ukrainians, already hit by shortages.