Temperatures as low as minus 30C in Ukraine next week may damage crops


Wheat grains are seen inside a storage of a farm near a frontline in the village of Velykomykhailivka in Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine August 15, 2023. REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi/File Photo

KYIV, Jan 29 (Reuters) - ‌Extremely low temperatures down to minus 30 degrees ‌Celsius (minus 22 degrees Fahrenheit) will hit Ukraine at ‌the beginning of next week, which is very dangerous for winter crops, agricultural analysts and the national emergency service said on ‍Thursday.

A sharp drop in temperature will ‍begin on February 1 ‌and will affect all regions except southern Ukraine and ‍the ​frosts will begin to ease slightly only on February 4, the service said on ⁠the Telegram messenger.

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