The Russian army seized agricultural machinery and equipment worth nearly 5 million US dollars (regarding 150 million Taiwan dollars) in Ukraine.Figure: Retrieved from the strong deer website
During the Russian aggression once morest Ukraine, not only did the massacre of civilians, the “organized” looting also increased. According to CNN, Russia has seized nearly 5 million US dollars (regarding 150 million Taiwan dollars) worth of agricultural products from a dealer of agricultural equipment in the city of Melitopol, which it occupied. Machine tools, these precision machines are equipped with a global satellite positioning system (GPS), which means that the whereregardings of the machines can be tracked, and the last location shown is the village of Zakhan Yurt, Chechen Republic, but it is only following arriving at the destination that the machines are found to have been remotely locked. Live, simply unusable.
CNN reported that Ukrainian businessmen said that the Russian army had just begun to remove two combine harvesters worth 300,000 US dollars (regarding 8.85 million Taiwan dollars) from the local American agricultural machinery manufacturer John Deere (John Deere) dealer. , 1 tractor and 1 seeder. They apparently had a taste for the best, and in the weeks that followed, everything was stolen, and all 27 pieces of equipment were removed from the dealership’s store. According to footage from the video, one of the flatbed trucks used to transport these machines looks like a Russian military vehicle with a white “Z” on it.
Sources said the machines, equipped with GPS, were transported to nearby villages and others on long journeys to Chechnya. However, following a journey of more than 700 miles (regarding 1126.54 kilometers), the thieves found that they might not use any equipment, because the implements that were transported to Chechnya, including combine harvesters, might be controlled remotely. When the walking harvester was transported to Chechnya, “they found that there was no way to start it, because it was locked at the far end.” However, they seem to be looking for experts in Russia to bypass protections such as locking, and even if it doesn’t work in the end, they can disassemble and sell the parts “still profitable.”
In addition, the source also mentioned that the Russian army also seems to be trying to plunder the grain in the silos in Melitopol City, and lure farmers to assist with a profit of 50%, but because there is no grain elevator available, and there is no port can be used, so they can’t take grain from occupied territories either. The Mayor of Melitopol released a video last week showing a convoy of trucks leaving Melitopol, allegedly laden with grain. “We have clear evidence that they unload grain from grain elevators in Melitopol. They loot from grain elevators and private farms,” he said.
