News From Agro-Industrial Complex

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine is concerned by the Russian Federation’s actions leading to delays in operations of the grain corridor through the Black Sea.

Starting from 14 October 2022, Russia’s inspectors assigned to the Istanbul Joint Coordination Centre have been significantly prolonging the inspection of vessels, which are heading to Ukraine’s ports for grain loads, or have already been loaded and are on their way to the final destination. As a result, more than 165 vessels have been stuck in a queue near the Bosporus Strait, and this number continues to grow daily. 

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine reminds the owners and crew members of foreign ships staying in the Ukrainian ports, in particular in the temporarily occupied territories, of the necessity to strictly abide by the Ukrainian legislation and international law.

We are aware of the demand of the Russian occupation administration in the Kherson oblast for foreign vessels to raise the Russian flag as an additional flag during their stay in the port of Kherson.

Yesterday (22/08), with the participation of the Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Oleksandr Kubrakov and the Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development of Moldova Andriy Spinu, the updated railway section Berezine (Ukraine) - Basarabeasca (Moldova) was opened.

The resumption of traffic on the site took place within the framework of the work of the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine to increase capacity on the western borders of Ukraine with the EU states and Moldova.

The SSU has documented the unlawful activity of persons involved in the illegal export of 650,000 tons of Ukrainian grain worth over USD 200 mln from the temporarily occupied territories of southern Ukraine.

The SSU indentified the entire chain: starting from the traitors who signed the permits to export the grain and ending with all crew members of 10 russian ships that transported the loot.

In the course of the investigation, the SSU has notified the following persons of suspicion: