According to the Ukrainian ambassador to Turkey, the ship has left the Russian-occupied Ukrainian port city of Berdyansk.
On Friday, Ukraine asked Turkey to stop a cargo ship sailing under the Russian flag, which, according to Ukraine, has set off from the Russian-occupied port city of Berdyansk.
The one that follows maritime traffic in real time Marine Traffic (you switch to another service) – according to the online service, a cargo ship named Zhibek Zholy is anchored in the Black Sea about a kilometer from the Turkish port city of Karasu.
Ambassador of Ukraine to Turkey by Vasyl Bodnar according to the ship has left the Ukrainian port city of Berdyansk, which is occupied by Russia.
Last month, Bodnar accused Turkey of buying grain that Russia had stolen from Ukraine.
Last week, the Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said that Turkey is investigating information that Russian-stolen Ukrainian grain has arrived in Turkey’s Black Sea ports. However, he added that Turkey has so far not found any grain shipments stolen from Ukraine.
The Russian-installed regime in occupied southeastern Ukraine announced on Thursday that it would open a new route from Berdyansk across the Black Sea.
– After months of delays, the first merchant ship has left the port of Berdjansk. 7,000 tons of grain are on their way to friendly countries, said the head of the pro-Russian administration Yevgeny Balitsky on Thursday, the messaging service in Telegram.
According to the Marine Traffic online service, Zhibek Zholy is capable of carrying a cargo of slightly more than 7,000 tons.
The Russian-installed regime claims to have “nationalized” Berdyansk’s infrastructure and is buying grain from local farmers. Ukraine, on the other hand, says that Russia steals grain and other goods from the locals and takes them out of the country to finance its war.