Journalist John Sweeney films 'heaps of tomatoes' in Kyiv - as UK faces shortage

British investigative journalist John Sweeney posted a video on Twitter today marking 365 days since the start of the Russian-Ukrainian war from Kiev on Twitter

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A war reporter has marked the first anniversary of the Ukrainian invasion by showing Britons - who are struggling to find tomatoes due to food shortages - that people in war-torn Kiev are better off than them after Brexit.

British investigative journalist John Sweeney, who worked for BBC Panorama and The Observer, posted day 365 of his Kiev war diary on Twitter today.

But rather than address the state of the war, he decided to take on Brexit, saying it was a "rare Russian victory" for Vladimir Putin.

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In the video, he says: "Day 365 of Russia's war in Ukraine and I'm in my local supermarket in Kyiv.

"And behind me are the tomatoes."

He pans the camera to show a store stall overflowing with plump, juicy tomatoes.

Sweeney then shows the viewer the rest of the supermarket so they can get a "flavor" of the "fresh fruit" on offer.

"So it's absolutely true. In kyiv, there is no food shortage," he continues.

"And in Britain, thanks to Brexit, people are struggling to find tomatoes.

He said there was also a lot of fresh fruit on sale (

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"So why the hell would people vote for Brexit?"

Earlier this week, other European citizens took to social media to mock Britons by posting videos and photos of supermarket shelves filled to the brim with fresh fruit and vegetables amid food shortages hit in the UK

Tesco followed