Fifty ducklings are the latest casualty in the political spat between Russia and its perceived enemies.
According to the Moscow Times citing Russia's Zvezda TV, Russian officials confiscated and burned alive 50 ducklings that had been smuggled over the border from Ukraine. The move was part of a wider ban on foods coming into Russia from countries that have placed their own sanctions on Russia.
The man transporting the ducklings purchased them at a market in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv and intended to sell them in Russia.
Russia banned a wide range of imported foods and goods from Europe and the U.S. last year, in retaliation over the economic sanctions placed on Russia after it occupied the Crimea peninsula, part of Ukrainian territory.
Last month, President Vladimir Putin kicked things up a notch when he ordered any of the banned goods confiscated and destroyed. The move shocked many in the nation when Russian officials destroyed hundreds of tons of food, broadcasting images of mountains of Western cheese burning on national television.
One week ago, Russia reportedly burned flower shipments from the Netherlands. Russian officials claimed the flowers were infested with a pest.
Dutch officials deny there was anything wrong with the flowers.