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Kernel Holding, Ukraine's largest sunflower oil producer and exporter, suspended operations at all eight of its oil extraction plants on November 12 after Russian drone strikes. The company said its production buildings, equipment and storage tanks had been damaged, according to The Kyiv Independent. Kernel said the safety of its employees drove the decision, because sunflower oil extraction carries a high fire risk that a drone strike can turn into large-scale fires endangering staff. It said all workers were safe, had suspended all seed purchases, and said it maintained full operational and financial stability while continuing to ship inventory and honour prior agreements with Ukrainian farmers. The Kyiv Independent reported that the strikes came the night after Ukraine's Air Force reported Russian missile and drone attacks across the country, and that a Ukrainian military intelligence source had said Russia is preparing strikes on food industry facilities, including sunflower oil plants.