The British countryside is being exploited by criminal gangs, bolstering a black market demand for farming machinery, according to the National Rural Crime Network.
Exports from the UK to Eastern Europe are becoming increasingly common.
Three months after Ukraine was invaded, ยฃ4 million worth of machinery was stolen by Russian soldiers - linked not just to military tactics, but to Western sanctions too.
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