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Russian dry cargo with stolen grain arrived in Syria — AP

A Russian cargo ship with grain exported from the territories of Ukraine occupied by Moscow arrived at the Syrian port of Tartus.

Russian cargo with stolen grain arrived in Syria - AP

The Russian ship “SV KONSTANTIN” andwith grain stolen in Ukraine arrived at the port of Tartus in Syria. This is reported by the Associated Press with reference to satellite image data.

The SV KONSTANTIN vessel, according to MarineTraffic.com vessel tracking data, departed from the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula in the Black Sea on approximately July 6.

According to satellite images, a Russian cargo ship with grain exported from the territories of Ukraine occupied by Moscow has arrived at the Syrian port of Tartus.

The ship was loaded with Ukrainian wheat in Sevastopol. As reported in the Embassy of Ukraine in Lebanon, there is evidence that Russian forces delivered grain by trucks from the occupied territories.

The dry cargo passed through the Bosphorus and arrived in the Turkish city of Izmir on the Aegean Sea. The vessel then headed further into the Mediterranean along the coast of Cyprus before turning off its automatic identification system on Sunday.

The Embassy of Ukraine in Lebanon also reported that, in its opinion, “SV KONSTANTIN” has arrived in Syria.

“On board this vessel there is grain that was stolen and illegally transported by the Russian occupation authorities from warehouses located on temporarily occupied territories in Zaporizhzhia, Kherson and Mykolaiv,” the embassy reported.

Neither the officials of the port of Tartus nor the representation of Syria at the UN responded to a request for comments.

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Earlier it was reported that the grain stolen by the Russians in Ukraine is transported to the Middle East with the help of 87 grain-carrying ships, which control, including Russian military.

On July 31, it became known that Lebanon arrested a ship with stolen Ukrainian grain.

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However, a few days later the arrest was unexpected was removed. Despite the evidence provided, the court did not take into account the position of the competent authorities of Ukraine.

Source: ZN

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