{"id":266908,"date":"2025-07-31T21:05:22","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T20:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/locusts-swarm-in-south-ukraine-as-war-disrupts-pest-control-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T21:05:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T20:05:22","slug":"locusts-swarm-in-south-ukraine-as-war-disrupts-pest-control-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/locusts-swarm-in-south-ukraine-as-war-disrupts-pest-control-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Locusts swarm in south Ukraine as war disrupts pest control | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/U4e2w63W6Ys\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Locusts swarm in south Ukraine as war disrupts pest control | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U4e2w63W6Ys\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>In Ukraine, a plague of locusts is threatening sunflowers and other crops. Ukraine says the Russian invasion is partly to blame, with the war making pest control impossible. Farmers in the Zaporizhzhia region say the swarms have already destroyed a third of their sunflowers.<\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n<p>#Ukraine #locusts #Russia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Ukraine, a plague of locusts is threatening sunflowers and other crops. Ukraine says the Russian invasion is partly to blame, with the war making pest control impossible. 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