Ukrainian authorities seized a foreign cargo ship, Usko Mfu, in the Odesa region at the port of Reni and detained its captain for illegally exporting Ukrainian grain from occupied Crimea.
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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 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 was seized in accordance with Ukrainian legislation and international law for illegally crossing the Ukrainian border
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