Ukraine asked Turkey to arrest a ship with grain from Berdyansk
Turkiye
Ukraine
Published Jul 4, 2022
Tridge summary
Ukraine has asked Turkey to take action against a ship with grain from Berdyansk. It is chartered by a Russian company from a Kazakh owner. He claims that grain transportation services are provided by a company from Estonia at the request of Kyiv.
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Ukraine asked Turkey to detain and arrest a ship flying the Russian flag, which left the port of Berdyansk (Zaporozhye region) with grain. It is reported by Reuters with reference to the document and an unnamed Ukrainian official. Ukrainian Ambassador to Turkey Vasily Bodnar confirmed that Kyiv had asked Turkey to "take action" against the vessel. “Based on the letter from the Prosecutor General’s Office, we appealed to the Turkish side with a call to take urgent measures,” the ambassador wrote on Facebook (its parent organization, Meta, was recognized as extremist and banned in Russia). According to a Reuters source, the Zhibek Zholy ship was loaded with 4.5 thousand tons of wheat in Berdyansk. In a letter to the Turkish Ministry of Justice, which was studied by Reuters, the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office stated that the vessel was involved in the "illegal export of Ukrainian grain" from Berdyansk to Turkish Karasu. In circulation, another amount of wheat was called - 7 ...
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