In the village of Stepanenovka in Odesa region, a garlic processing workshop burned down. The fire alarm was received by the State Emergency Service at 6:57. By 8:38, rescuers had managed to localise the fire over an area of 1,000 square metres.
“We built the garlic business for more than 10 years, starting with 10 hectares of land without equipment, money or experience, — wrote Nataliya Sudarkina on Facebook. — We fought the system, ‘government helpers’, fended off raids, searches and seizures of equipment, fabricated criminal cases and demands to hand over the business. Today it all ended. Agro-Patriot is dead.”
Nataliya Sudarkina
Director of Agro-PatriotWe are leaders in this industry in Ukraine. We export our products to the US, Canada and Europe, and have accepted orders from Japan — the most demanding markets in the world.
Sudarkina also added that the causes of the fire are not yet known and an investigation is underway.