Pastushenko says that the farm’s owner is not surprised by the Russians’ actions because they did the same thing 8 years ago when they took over farms in Crimea after annexing the area. Pastushenko said, “I’m sitting in western Ukraine right now, and I can’t go back to the farm because I’ll be arrested there in a minute.” Right now, it’s too dangerous to use a phone there. “It is hard to talk to the farm staff because they only have simple cell phones. She wasn’t hurt, which is good, but they made her take the Russian passport and she can’t leave the area. “The deputy was taken hostage, but he was freed last night. “Every animal is there,” said Pastushenko. About 95% of the people who worked on the farm stayed and kept working there. “The Russians want our business to get re-registered and keep running. On the farm, there are 350 Holstein Friesian cows and their 400 calves. The farm has 1500 ha of land that can be used to grow crops, 500 ha of which are irrigated. He said, “When the farm went bankrupt in 2008, a few German investors bought it, and I was their translator.” A few months later, I was also put in charge of the farm.” He started out as an interpreter at the farm company Dnipro Ltd. Pastushenko used to teach German at a university. “…they are forcing her to take the Russian passport, and she can’t leave the area.” During that time, they took his cows’ milk and killed animals to cook on the grill.īut Pastushenko said this time that the Russians aren’t staying on the farm and have been pretty nice.Īndrii said, “This time, the Russians are not staying in the yard.” “They are too scared because we have a lot of employees, and it’s likely that one of us will tell our army about the jobs, and they will be attacked.” The farm of Pastushenko is only 20 km south of the city of Kherson, and Russian soldiers have lived there before. It was either work with them or die! ” he said. Pastushenko said, “The Russians came to the farm and made my deputy sign everything over to them.” “They held her for 15 days and asked her questions about the company, the farm owners, and me the whole time. They took his deputy manager hostage and held her for 15 days, threatening to kill her if she didn’t help them. He knows he can’t go back to the farm until the Russians leave. Pastushenko, who is 39 and works on the farm and is also in charge of it, has been working in western Ukraine. A government official saluted her, saying, “She gave her all for the people.When Russian President Putin said he was taking over four parts of Ukraine (Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson), Russian troops moved quickly to take over the dairy farm run by Andrii Pastushenko. Castro’s milkshake, but froze to the side of the freezer instead.Īs for Ubre Blanca, she died in 1985. His ice cream obsession was also the closest the United States got to a successful assassination attempt - poison was to be slipped into Mr. Castro had a love for all things dairy, which included “ Cuban Camembert” and a quest to build an ice-cream parlor, Coppelia, to rival the American restaurant chain Howard Johnson’s. Daily reports of her progress became news, though, in the end, she was more or less the only success from the breeding experiment. Ubre Blanca was born in 1972 to instant stardom. Castro used artificial insemination to combine the Asian Zebu’s hardiness with a Holstein’s high yield.
Long before Dolly the sheep or goats engineered to produce silk, Mr. Castro’s effort to solve a milk shortage. The supercow is one of many tales that Cubans will remember as they say goodbye to their longtime leader this weekend.
Prensa Latina, via Agence France-Presse - Getty Images Castro’s effort to solve a milk shortage in Cuba.
Fidel Castro with Ubre Blanca in an undated photo.
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