A Facebook post claims the “real reason” for the Ukraine war is because President Zelenskyy sold 17 million hectares of land to American conglomerates. This isn’t true, and one of the companies listed stopped existing before Zelenskyy was even elected.
, none of the companies or the investment funds mentioned in the post have made land deals in Ukraine since 2019.
Indeed, Monsanto itself no longer exists as an independent company, having been acquired by the German chemical companyFull Fact has contacted Cargill, Bayer and DuPont to ask if they have acquired any land in Ukraine since President Zelenksy entered government in 2019.
A spokesperson for Bayer also confirmed the company did not own any land in Ukraine. Cargill has not responded to our enquiries but we will update this fact check if it does.did claim that, as a result of political upheaval in the country at the time, international companies, including “Monsanto, Cargill and Dupont” were among those “taking over all aspects of Ukraine’s agricultural system”.
Mr Mosseau told Full Fact: “There is no doubt that Cargill, Dupont and Monsanto have major business interests in Ukraine , but it is not through their direct control of the land.”
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