KYIV: Ukrainian officials on ​Wednesday reported a new locust outbreak, this time in the southern Kherson ‌region.

Outbreaks ​of ‌locust ⁠development ​had been ⁠detected in Ukraine’s eastern Dnipropetrovsk region, the Ukrainian ⁠state service on food ‌safety ‌and ​consumer ‌protection said ‌last month.

Ukraine has introduced a “special ‌regime” in the affected area of ⁠around ⁠155 hectares.

A massive locust invasion threatened sunflower and other crops in Ukraine’s southern ​regions ​in 2025.