Ukraine seized a cargo ship used to export grain from Crimea

The Safety Service of Ukraine introduced that it had detained a international cargo ship and its captain within the waters of the Odessa area, which was serving to Russia export grain stolen from Crimea within the territories stay in southern Ukraine.

In line with the intelligence service, in 2023-2024, a ship crusing beneath the flag of one of many Central African nations once more took grain from the port of Sevastopol and bought ie within the Center East in favor of Russia.

“To hide the crime, the captain periodically turned off the ship’s GPS tracker and entered false info into the log of routes and stops,” the SBU mentioned.

Workplace of the Prosecutor Common of Ukraine clarification, that we’re speaking concerning the ship “USKO MFU” beneath the flag of Cameroon. The ship’s captain, a citizen of Azerbaijan, was accused of violating the process for coming into the briefly occupied territories of Ukraine. He faces as much as 5 years in jail.

By the choice of the courtroom in Odessa area, the boat was arrested.