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Russia Sold 2 Million Tons of Stolen Ukrainian Grain Across Global Markets in 2025
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Russia stole 2 million metric tons of Ukrainian grain last year and sold it across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and even Europe, according to Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha on March 23.
Speaking at the Third Black Sea Security Conference of the International Crimea Platform, Sybiha outlined what he described as a broad Russian campaign against Ukraine’s maritime economy and global food security.
He noted that about 40% of the stolen grain was shipped to Egypt.
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The minister linked the grain theft to wider pressure on Ukraine’s Black Sea infrastructure.
He reported that in recent months, Russia has struck Odesa port infrastructure more heavily than in all previous years combined, underscoring the scale of the latest attacks on one of Ukraine’s main export hubs.
Sybiha’s remarks also placed renewed attention on Odesa, whose ports remain central to Ukraine’s export capacity despite repeated Russian strikes.
Damage to that infrastructure carries consequences well beyond Ukraine, affecting supply chains and grain deliveries to countries that depend on Black Sea shipments.
The allegations also gain weight from tracked shipments that investigators say show how stolen grain entered international trade routes.
The grain taken from temporarily occupied Ukrainian territory is continuing to move through international trade routes despite sanctions and repeated documentation by Ukrainian monitors.
Investigators traced the Russian-flagged bulk carrier Victoria K to occupied Mariupol, where roughly 7,439 tons of wheat were reportedly loaded before the vessel sailed on to Alexandria.
According to journalist Kateryna Yaresko of the SeaKrime project, the ship stopped at Russia’s port of Temryuk for paperwork after leaving Mariupol, without conducting cargo operations there.
Ukrainian tracking data indicate that this routing pattern is used to disguise the grain’s origin before vessels proceed to foreign buyers under regular commercial cover.
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