“Even before the start of the liberation operation, the areas under crops that we had allowed us to talk about a surplus of grain.
In addition to providing for ourselves, our export potential at that time was quite serious ... Our situation improved: taking into account the liberated territories, we have an increase of about 100 thousand hectares, ”he said.
At the same time, he added that the republic has learned to survive, taking into account sanctions, blockades and everything else.
Earlier, the official representative of the People's Militia of the DPR, Eduard Basurin, stated the need to pay attention to the demining of agricultural land in Mariupol so that farmers could sow them with grain.