The intelligence arm of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said grain stolen by Russian troops in occupied areas was already being shipped abroad.
The intelligence directorate stated that a “significant part of the grain stolen from Ukraine is on dry cargo ships under the Russian flag in the Mediterranean”.
“The most likely destination is Syria. Grains can be smuggled from there to other Middle Eastern countries,” she said.
The management also said that the Russians “continue to export food stolen in Ukraine to the territory of the Russian Federation and occupied Crimea”.
She said that in one of the main grain-producing areas – around Polohy in the Zaporizhzhia region – stored grain and sunflower seeds are being prepared for transport to Russia.
A column of Russian trucks left the city of Enerhodar, which is also in the Zaporizhzhia region, under the guard of the Russian military, the board said. The column’s final destination was Crimea, he said.
Grain was also being stolen in the Kharkiv region, and 1,500 tonnes of grain were taken from the village of Mala Lepetykha in the Kherson region to Crimea.
Last week, the Defense Ministry said nearly half a million tonnes of Ukrainian grain had already been stolen.
Source: CNN Brasil
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