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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Daniel Boffey in Brussels

Turkey seizes Russian ship carrying ‘stolen’ Ukrainian grain

Russian-flagged cargo ship
The Zhibek Zholy, anchored off the Black Sea port of Karasu. Photograph: Ozan Köse/AFP/Getty Images

A Russian-flagged ship carrying thousands of tonnes of grain is being held and investigated by Turkish authorities in the Black Sea port of Karasu over claims its cargo was stolen from Ukraine.

Turkish customs officials acted after Kyiv claimed the Zhibek Zholy was illegally transporting 7,000 tonnes of grain out of Russian-occupied Berdiansk, a Ukrainian port in the south-east of the country.

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