At a warehouse in western Ukraine, hundreds of cartons of imported meat, pastries and canned foods recently awaited the last leg of their journey across a nation that until recently was one of the world’s top food producers.
U.S. food executive Stanislas Vilgrain contributed cargo of his own—chicken, pork and duck—surrounded by an army of volunteers working at a frantic pace in an area recently hit by a Russian missile.
Russia has targeted food supplies across Ukraine, bombing depots, stores and warehouses, Ukrainian and other officials say. It has also destroyed packaging and bottling factories.
The U.S. and its allies have provided military hardware, but Ukraine says it also desperately needs food as its people go hungry. The country has warehouses full of grain and other produce, but the war has reduced its ability to process and package those supplies into food people can eat.


















