With Russia continuing to wage an unprecedented campaign against Ukrainian businesses, Ukraine’s Economy Ministry has downgraded its forecast for the country’s economic growth this year from 1.3% to 0.5%, as Moscow targets key industries such as steel production, e-commerce, and ports.Speaking at an event in Kyiv on Aug. 26, Economy Minister Oleksandr Kravchenko said Russian attacks on energy and logistics infrastructure, as well as the blockade of ports in the Black Sea — Ukraine’s main export route — have hampered the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), Interfax Ukraine reported.As Russia pummels Odesa’s ports and civilian vessels in Ukrainian waters, ships are avoiding Ukraine. As a result, Ukraine is unable to export goods by sea, including agricultural products, which made up 17% of the country’s GDP last year.Farmers risk losing profits due to a lack of exports, while the sown area for the future harvest could fall by 5 million to 7 million hectares, Agriculture Minister Taras Vysotskyi wrote in a public statement. To help keep the agricultural sector afloat, the U.N. will help Ukraine with special financial support tools for small and medium sized farmers who do not have easy access to bank loans.At the same time, the U.N. is helping farmers with storage options so harvested food does not spoil. This includes 10,000 storage sleeves and prefabricated storage units, which will be delivered in the "near future.""According to our calculations, the capacity deficit may reach 11 million metric tons this fall, and the need for financing in this area is $44 million," the Agriculture Ministry wrote.At the same time, Ukraine’s metallurgy industry is also suffering, not only from the blocked ports but also from continued attacks.The Zaporizhstal steel plant, owned by steel giant Metinvest, was hit by several Russian ballistic missiles overnight on Aug. 27, just weeks after another strike hit the exact same targets — the plant’s blast furnace shop and energy and transport infrastructure."The two-week attack is unprecedented in its consequences. The civilian enterprise did not have time to recover from the strike on Aug. 11 — it was repeated again on Aug. 27: the same ballistics, the same platforms," Metinvest wrote in a public statement."People are alive — that’s the most important thing."