Plans are afoot for an American-owned company seized by the Kremlin and placed under state control to be used to supply food to the Russian army, a document seen by Reuters showed, potentially threatening Moscow's warming relations with the U.

Russia has set out plans to take over a US-owned food company to feed its soldiers on the front line of Ukraine. Vladimir Putin's Government says the seizure of the canned food company Glavprodukt is necessary to maintain constant supplies to Russia's national guard and defence ministry.