By targeting Ukraine’s entire agricultural economy, destroying fields, farm equipment, warehouses, roads and ports, Russia intends to cut off a major source of Ukraine’s income while also creating a food crisis that could last well into 2023. https://on.ft.com/3MvmAfy
The EU is debating whether to make it easier for sanctions-hit Russian assets to be seized and sold, as a way to pay for rebuilding Ukraine after the war. Italy’s anti-mafia laws offer a potential model of how such assets may be confiscated and sold. https://on.ft.com/3kk4iBO
Wealthy Russians have historically used Switzerland as their financial clearing house. But just $8bn of Russian assets held by Swiss banks have been frozen so far — the FT’s Sam Jones looks at why. https://on.ft.com/3EVDFg3
Russia's military in eastern Ukraine has been slowed by logistical problems and the loss of troops, but also by bad weather, as western officials say Moscow's forces ‘don’t like to fight in the rain’. https://on.ft.com/3LrNfd5
