Second ship with stolen Ukrainian grain heads to Israel, Kyiv warns of consequences
Second grain ship puts Ukraine-Israel ties under strain (Photo: Getty Images)
A second ship carrying stolen Ukrainian wheat is approaching an Israeli port. Ukraine has already warned of possible consequences if the cargo is not rejected, according to the Axios correspondent Barak Ravid.
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A Ukrainian diplomatic source confirmed the information to RBC-Ukraine.
“If this vessel and its cargo are not rejected, we reserve the right to use the full range of international diplomatic and legal measures in response,” the Ukrainian diplomatic source said.
According to the interlocutor, Israel had previously ignored Ukraine’s demands regarding another ship that had already begun unloading grain taken from territories of Ukraine occupied by Russia.
“We are monitoring this new vessel and will not let it pass; if it docks and unloads, there will be consequences, especially for our bilateral relations,” the source noted.
The new incident in Kyiv is being described as “a slap in the face.”
“It looks like a slap in the face, given the strategic goodwill Ukraine has shown toward Israel’s partners — from designating the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization to criminalizing antisemitism. Profiting from stolen goods should be beneath Israel’s dignity,” diplomatic sources added.
Earlier, the vessel ABINSK, carrying grain from temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, also arrived in Israel for unloading.
