On Wednesday, a Ukrainian official accused Russia of stealing about 600,000 tonnes of grain from Ukraine that he said was later transported to the Middle East.
In a statement, Denys Marchuk, deputy chairman of the Public Union of the Agrarian Council of Ukraine, said the grain was stolen from regions occupied by Russian forces in the south of the country.
Marchuk claimed the food was transported to the port of Sevastopol in Crimea before being shipped to the Middle East.
Criminal cases were opened “to demand through international courts that Russia compensate those affected by these actions,” Marchuk said.
He called the Russian actions “a well-planned operation by the occupiers”. Russia has yet to respond to Marchuk’s accusation.
THE CNN previously reported that convoys of trucks were seen transporting grain from farms and silos in southern Ukraine to Crimea. Ukrainian authorities estimated in May that Russian forces in occupied areas had seized more than 400,000 tonnes of grain.
THE CNN cannot independently verify how much grain Russia has transported out of Ukraine.
Source: CNN Brasil
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