Ukrainian Woman Gives Sunflower Seeds To Russian Soldier So It Will Bloom After He Dies There

A video has gone viral showing a Ukrainian woman confronting heavily armed Russian soldiers.

The video is said to be from the port city of Henichesk near the sea of Azov. The woman, who has not been identified, can be heard threatening one of the soldiers: "Put sunflower seeds in your pockets so they grow on Ukraine soil when you die."

What the video shows

In the video, the woman can be seen confronting two Russian soldiers.

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In the video, the woman was seen asking Russian soldiers who are you? To which, one of them replied and said that they have exercises here, and asked her to go. Then the woman replies and says what kind of exercises? Are you Russian?

To which, the soldier says yes and the woman says so what the f**k are you doing here. Replying to her, the soldier says that right now, their discussion will lead to nothing.

The woman says that they are occupants, they are fascists, what the fu** are they doing here. She further says that they should put the sunflower seeds in their pockets so that they can lie down here with the seeds. She further says that do they even understand that they are occupiers, they are enemies.

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The unidentified woman's reference to sunflower seed is not an accident.

Why sunflower?

Ukraine is the world leader when it comes to sunflower oil production.

With the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, there is a fear, including in India that the supply will be disrupted, leading to rising prices.

Sunflower oil vessel loading has already been delayed by at least a week from Ukraine, said Sandeep Bajoria, president of the International Sunflower Oil Association.

Sunflower oil exports from Ukraine could jump to 6.6 million tonnes in the 2021/22 season from 5.3 million tonnes in 2020/21, Ukrainian sunoil producers' union estimates.

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In 2021, India imported around 1.89 million tonnes of sunflower oil, 74 per cent of which came from Ukraine.

India's second biggest imported edible oil

Sunflower oil is India's second biggest imported edible oil after palm oil.

The domestic production of sunflower oil accounts for just around 10 per cent of the consumption in India, and the demand for it is only growing.

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In the past couple of years, India has tried to look beyond Ukraine to meet its sunflower oil needs, but with the limited production in Argentina, it has remained a challenge.

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