Russia Is Allegedly Stealing Grain From Ukraine And Transporting It To Syria, Satellite Images Show

New satellite images show a Russian cargo ship full of grain allegedly stolen from Ukrainian farms arriving in the Syrian port city of Latakia on the Mediterranean coast. This is the second such delivery in the last four weeks. The American television portal CNN informed about it on Sunday.

New images from Maxar Technologies capture the Matros Pozynich, designed specifically for bulk cargo, in the port of Latakia on May 27. It is one of three ships that load grain in the port of Sevastopol on the Crimean Peninsula after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It was last seen in Sevastopol on 19 May and it was then seen sailing across the Bosphorus and south along the coast of Turkey. The ship can carry about 30,000 tons of grain.

‼️Russian ship with stolen Ukrainian grain arrives to Syria — CNN

New satellite images show that a Russian cargo ship, "Matros Pozynych", carrying grain, from Ukrainian farms, arrived in the Syrian port of Lattakia. Analysts say, that ship may carry about 30,000 tons of grain. pic.twitter.com/TrQKATFONI

— Ukraine Now Media (@UkraineNowMedia) May 29, 2022

The Matros Pozynich's sister ship has also been loading grain in Sevastopol for the past two weeks.

CNN has previously reported that truck convoys were transporting grain from the farms and forces of southern Ukraine to Crimea, which Russia occupied in 2014. Ukrainian authorities estimated that Russian forces seized more than 400,000 tons of grain in the occupied areas during this month.

Grain thefts threaten this year's crop in Ukraine, one of the world's most important crops.

For Russia, grain is an attractive type of goods. The price of wheat on world markets is around $ 400 per tonne and has risen sharply this year.