Satellite Images Show Russia Shipping Grain From Occupied Ukraine To Syria

Satellite images bolster accusations that Russia is transporting huge quantities of stolen Ukrainian grain to Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria. RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service has documented a series of shipments through the largest grain terminal in Russian-occupied Crimea.

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[choopa]

Add this to the list. Thieves, Criminals on a mass scale. Who can denie the lawlessness and disgusting nature of these people.

[phillee]

His sentence for conspiracy to defraud and receiving and trading in stolen goods should be astronomical, even after his conviction for treason.

[billwhite]

This kind of back handed piracy needs to be met by strange "accidents" in Syria and Devil's Triangle mystery type stuff on the high seas with these ships.

[Vixctor]

Russians sure don't waste time when it comes to looting.

[joostandhisband]

How easy it must be to confiscate these ships at open sea as stolen goods

[Symmetry]

Terrorists, fascists, thieves.... the list goes on

[JACKAL]

Russians will say this is a Ukrainian ship going to Syria for Russians themselves.

[sidj]

These acts of Russia should come under the category of “ War Plunder “ & should also be treated as war crimes & the perpetrators I.e Russia & the consumer I.e Syria etc should be heavily sanctioned. Such grain carrying ships should be stopped in the High Seas & should be diverted by United Nation peacekeepers to friendly ports not controlled by Russia.

[donnacollins]

If this isn't A Crime Against Humanity I don't know what is People are starving and will die because of these actions

[blueeyeswhitedragon]

Those ships should be stopped at sea, boarded and the grain distributed where needed and the ships seized.

[Michael_]

The West is so asleep right now, it's not even funny.

[untermench]

The Russians can pay for the grain with the funds that are still in English banks.

[billlot]

NATO needs to deal with Bashar Hafez al-Assad once and for all
Russia can't be in two places at once they may have managed it
6 months ago but not now.

[wolfassassin]

Egypt and Lebanon should have accepted the grain and then simply not payed russia. Every single ship leaving the black sea should be boarded and searched for stolen property.

[NoahNobody]

I hope those ships are barred from doing business anywhere in the free world.

[polishking]

Attack one of those ships with Missiles then they all will be afraid to enter the port .

[pjhgerlach]

What's there to say? Russia is just being Russia...

[jod]

There are some people that will not go hungry. Ukrainians would never bomb food in transport.

[ronwyneking]

Crazy war looting lot, its a war crime. US should grab those ships in international waters. "Special Operation to Steal" .Ukraine is fighting not to live in such a lawless society Slava Ukraine

[juansantana]

ok, thank you for the infographics, please upload one about the US stealing Syrian gas now.