The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Israeli ambassador to deliver a note of protest regarding the arrival at the Israeli port of Haifa of a second ship carrying grain stolen from Ukraine’s occupied territories.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha announced this on Monday, April 27.
According to him, friendly Ukrainian-Israeli relations can benefit both countries. The illegal trade by the aggressor country, russia, in stolen Ukrainian grain must not undermine these relations.
Sybiha noted that Ukraine finds it difficult to understand the lack of an adequate response from Israeli leadership to Kyiv’s legitimate request regarding the previous ship that delivered grain to Haifa.
"Now that another such ship has arrived in Haifa, we are once again warning Israel that accepting stolen grain is unacceptable and damages our relations," the Minister wrote.
He added that in connection with the aforementioned situation, Ukraine summoned the Israeli ambassador to deliver a note of protest and demand appropriate measures from Jerusalem.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, Axios journalist Barak Ravid wrote the day before that the ship Panoramitis had entered the port of Haifa with a cargo of grain stolen from Ukraine’s occupied territories.
This is already the second such incident. At the end of March this year, the ship Abinsk arrived at the Israeli port of Haifa with a similar cargo. Ukraine called on Israel to seize the cargo, but this call was ignored.
The Israeli publication Haaretz published an investigation revealing that since 2022, Israel has been systematically receiving grain stolen from Ukraine’s occupied territories.
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