Already battered by a sharp reduction in supplies because of Brexit, France's primary processors of seafood are calling for state intervention to head off a new supply crisis sparked by the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Since Russian President Vladimir Putin sent armed forces into Ukraine on Feb. 24, destroying large swathes of the country and sparking a massive humanitarian crisis, French processors say they have seen "a brutal reduction" in fish supplies.

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