Ukrainian authorities seized a foreign cargo ship in Odesa region waters for cooperating with Russian occupiers by helping export Ukrainian grain from Russian-occupied Crimea. The vessel remains at a Ukrainian port.

The vessel was seized in accordance with Ukrainian legislation and international law for illegally crossing the Ukrainian border

The ship was sailing under a flag of an unspecified central African country and carried out Russia's orders by transporting looted agricultural products from Sevastopol to the Middle East in 2023-2024.

The captain regularly turned off the vessel's GPS tracker and logged falsified data to hide his activities.

By mid-2023, Russia had stolen up to 6 million metric tons of grain harvested in occupied Ukrainian territories.

The vessel had illegally exported Ukrainian grain from the annexed Crimean peninsula via Sevastopol port

The ship's captain was detained for violating rules on entering occupied territory

The grain was produced in southern Ukraine

The ship's AIS was turned off before entering Sevastopol port

The indictment against Yevhen Borysov for failure to report for service and evasion of military service has been sent to court following a completed pre-trial investigation by the SBI.