Ukraine was the breadbasket of the Soviet union, so presumably they also had many slaughter houses but at the same time they probably didn't have valid pre-exis

Ukraine was the breadbasket of the Soviet union, so presumably they also had many slaughter houses but at the same time they probably didn't have valid pre-existing agreements with distributors, so when the Nazi army took them, they were up for grabs and holding Hitler in the palm of his hand he could get them.