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The photo shows pasture land, not winter wheat. The wheat crop in Ukraine is almost 100% winter wheat that is planted in the fall. Source: https://www.fas.usda.

• randomdata 5y ago
  While I tend to agree, especially since the photo appears to be of military training and not actual combat, here[1] is a photo of known winter wheat. This photo was taken a little bit later in the year, so the leaf is more pronounced and greener than you'd expect of the current crop, but even then is the casual observer looking for pictures of war going to notice? They really don't look all that different to me without stopping to really study the details and the first photo doesn't have much detail to work with. I would bet that this[2] is a field of wheat seeded into soybean stubble, but how can you really tell for sure? [1] https://imgur.com/a/MII3Sc1 https://imgur.com/a/MII3Sc1 [2] https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FPMuO-OXwAsWAuU?format=jpg https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FPMuO-OXwAsWAuU?format=jpg
• nkurz 5y ago
  I was going to ask you when it is typically harvested, but thought I'd check the page you helpfully linked: Winter wheat accounts for about 97 percent of Ukraine’s total wheat production. It is planted from early September to mid-November and harvested between July and September. So depending on what happens with the invasion, it seems possible that a substantial portion might still be harvested on schedule.