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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Pjotr Sauer

Ukraine asks Israel to seize vessel it claims is carrying grain stolen by Russia

Cargo ship at Haifa port in Israel
Israel’s Haifa commercial shipping port. Ukraine claimed the cargo vessel carrying grain ‘stolen by Russia’ was en route to dock at the port. Photograph: NurPhoto/Getty Images

Ukraine has asked Israel to seize a vessel it claims is carrying grain looted from Russian-occupied territories, triggering a rare diplomatic spat between the two countries.

The dispute spilt into public view this week when president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that “another vessel” carrying grain “stolen by Russia” had arrived at a port in Israel and was preparing to unload.

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