The world community must remain vigilant and resist any offers by russia to buy grain stolen in Ukraine.
The head of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba wrote about it on Twitter.
"russian villains are stealing Ukrainian grain, loading it onto ships, passing through the Bosporus and trying to sell it abroad. I urge all the states to be careful and to refrain from such offers. Do not buy stolen goods. Do not become accomplices to russian atrocities. Crime has never brought anyone luck", - wrote Dmytro Kuleba.
Russian thieves steal Ukrainian grain, load it onto ships, pass through Bosporus, and try to sell it abroad. I call on all states to stay vigilant and refuse any such proposals. Don’t buy the stolen. Don’t become accomplices to Russian crimes. Theft has never brought anyone luck.
— Dmytro Kuleba (@DmytroKuleba) May 24, 2022
According to Ukrainian intelligence, russia can take the grain stolen from Ukraine through the Mediterranean Sea to Syria, and from there the cargo can be smuggled to other countries of the Middle East.
At the end of April, the Minister of Agrarian Policy Taras Visotskyy said that russia stole "several hundred thousand tons" of grain on the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. According to his figures, there were 1.5m tonnes of grain in the occupied territories. He voiced fears that the majority of this grain might be stolen by the russians.