A marine traffic website shows that the disputed #Russian cargo ship carrying grain Kyiv alleges was stolen from #Ukraine has moved away from the #Turkish coast nearly a week after its arrival.#UkraineRussiaWar https://t.co/5hL77le7V8
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Ukraine’s foreign ministry said on Thursday a Russian ship carrying Ukrainian grain had been allowed to leave the
...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund...’s ambassador.
"We regret that Russia’s ship Zhibek Zholy, which was full of stolen Ukrainian grain, was allowed to leave Karasu port despite criminal evidence presented to the
"Turkiye’s Ambassador in Kyiv will be invited to Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to clarify this unacceptable situation."
A marine traffic website showed on Thursday that the disputed Russian-flagged fat merchantman carrying grain Kyiv alleges was stolen from Ukraine has moved away from the
The Zhibek Zholy moved at least 20 kilometres (12 miles) away from Turkey’s Black Sea coast of Karasu before apparently switching off its transponder and disappearing from view, data on the marinetraffic.com website showed.
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Kyiv alleges that the Russian-flagged vessel had set off from Ukraine's occupied port of Berdyansk after picking up confiscated wheat.
Ukraine has demanded that Turkey impound the vessel and return the allegedly stolen grain.
But Russia claims to have "nationalised" Ukrainian state assets and to be buying crops from local farmers.
NATO member Turkey has been trying to negotiate a solution that could preserve its good relations with both Moscow and Kyiv.
It was not immediately clear what had happened to the wheat.
An unnamed crew member of the Zhibek Zholy told Russia's TASS news agency that the ship intended to offload the grain to another vessel so as "not to lose money".