Kerch Port Continues to be Used for Unauthorized Export of Ukrainian Grain

The grain is taken from the occupied regions of Ukraine.

Russia continues to use the Kerch fishing port for the unauthorized export of liquefied gas and Ukrainian grain from the occupied regions of Ukraine.

Journalists have identified two LPG tankers in the Kerch seaport, one of which has its identification data covered at the stern, the CFTS portal reports, citing Radio Liberty.

In addition, there is a train of grain wagons at a berth near the grain terminal in the Kerch fishing port. It is unclear whether the wagons are loaded, but Ukrainian grain from the occupied regions of Ukraine was previously exported from this port to the Middle East.

Since the beginning of its full-scale war against Ukraine, Russia has intensified its use of Crimean port infrastructure despite international sanctions and the official closure of Ukrainian ports on the peninsula to international shipping.

According to local media, the Kerch fishing port is being actively used for “gray” export operations, including the unauthorized export of Ukrainian grain and liquefied natural gas in violation of international law. The ports of Sevastopol, Kerch, and Feodosia are also being used for the transshipment of strategic cargo, including ilmenite for the Crimean Titan company and petroleum products.

Thus, Russia continues to use the Crimean port infrastructure as a logistical and economic tool for conducting its war and implementing its occupation policy in violation of international norms and sanctions.

Earlier, the head of the Center for Occupation Studies, Petro Andriuschenko, said that under the guise of “infrastructure development,” Russia aims to actively develop a network of logistics corridors that will serve military purposes and facilitate the systematic plundering of Ukrainian resources.