A cargo ship in the port of Berdyansk. File photoMOSCOW, July 1Kyiv asks Ankara to detain a Russian-flagged vessel heading for Turkey, allegedly carrying Ukrainian grain from Berdyansk, Reuters reports citing a Ukrainian official and document.According to the agency, an employee of the Ukrainian Ministry Foreign Affairs, referring to the data of maritime information, announced about 4.5 thousand tons of grain on the ship. In addition, on June 30, the office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine sent a letter to the Turkish Ministry of Justice about a ship with seven thousand tons of agricultural cargo, which is sailing to Karasu. listed the ways to export grain from UkraineEarlier, the Kazakh company KTZ Express reported that KTZ Express Shipping LLP (the owner of the Zhibek Zholy vessel) signed an agreement on chartering a ship without a crew with the Russian company Green Line LLC in October 2021 for a period up to November 30 2022. Then «Green-Line», in turn, signed a contract for the provision of services for the transportation of grain from Ukraine to Turkey with the Estonian company Mangelbert OU. The UN has repeatedly stated the threat of a global food crisis due to a shortage of cereals. The West accused Russia of blocking the supply of Ukrainian grain to world markets, and Moscow was also credited with stealing this resource. At the same time, the Kyiv authorities themselves created many logistical obstacles: they mined the Black Sea, which prevents the export of goods by ships, and set fire to grain in the port of Mariupol. As Vladimir Putin said, Russia does not interfere with the export of wheat from Ukraine, if Kyiv clears the ports ships will be able to leave freely.
