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Ship with 7,000 tons of grain leaves Ukraine port as Russia pulls forces from Snake Island
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MOSCOW, 01 July 2022, (TON): Russia began shipping grain from Ukraine’s occupied territory, with a vessel carrying 7,000 tons of cereal sailing from Ukraine’s occupied port of Berdyansk.
Kyiv has for weeks accused Russia and its allies of stealing its grain from southern Ukraine, contributing to a global food shortage caused by grain exports blocked in Ukrainian ports.
Kyiv says “Until now shipments have been transported by land.”
Thursday’s grain shipment from the port of Berdyansk marks the opening of a sea route to export wheat from Ukraine to third countries.
Evgeny Balitsky, the head of the pro-Russia administration, said “after numerous months of delay, the first merchant ship has left the Berdyansk commercial port, 7,000 tons of grain are heading toward friendly countries.”
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