Zelensky responded to ships with grain stolen by Russia in Israel – Ukraine is preparing sanctions

This applies, in particular, to grain stolen by Russia. “Another ship with such grain has arrived at the port of Israel and is preparing to unload. This is not and cannot be pure business. The Israeli authorities cannot but know which ships and with what cargo are arriving at the country’s ports,” Zelensky stressed. As the President noted, “Russia systematically takes grain from temporarily occupied Ukrainian territory and organizes the export of such grain by persons associated with the occupiers. Such transactions violate the legislation of the State of Israel itself. Ukraine has taken all necessary steps through diplomatic channels to prevent such incidents. However, we see that another such ship has not been stopped.” The Head of State announced that he had instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine to inform all international partners about the situation. “Ukraine, based on information from our intelligence, is preparing an appropriate sanctions package that will ...