- Russian troops stole nearly $ 5 million worth of agricultural equipment from John Deere’s Melitopol office.
- The stolen equipment was located via a GPS remote control and locked, preventing its use.
- “When the invaders took the stolen harvesters to Chechnya, they realized they couldn’t even turn them on,” a source told CNN.
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Russian troops occupying the Ukrainian city of Melitopol stole nearly $ 5 million in agricultural vehicles from a John Deere dealership and sent some more than 700 miles to Chechnya, CNN reported, only to find they were useless from a remote control system. a lock that prevented thieves from turning on the equipment.
Two combine harvesters worth $ 300,000 each, as well as 27 other tractors, seeders and additional equipment were stolen from the dealership. But remote access technology, which allows GPS tracking and some of the vehicles to be controlled remotely, has prevented them from being used.
“When the invaders took the stolen harvesters to Chechnya, they realized they couldn’t even turn them on because the harvesters were locked remotely,” a source familiar with the incident told CNN.
Although the equipment could still be scrapped and sold to Russian troops, the source said it was currently out of work on a farm near Grozny.
Melitopol – a city in the southeastern part of the country – has been under Russian occupation since early March. Other recent reports from the area say invading troops have robbed a museum of gold artifacts and stolen hundreds of thousands of tons of grain from the region.
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