Russia began shipping grains from Ukraine’s occupied territory on Thursday. A vessel loaded with 7,000 tons of cereal from southern Ukraine left the occupied port of Berdyansk.
For weeks, Kyiv accused Russia and its allies of stealing grains from southern Ukraine, contributing to global food shortages by grain exports blocked in Ukraine’s ports. However, Kyiv said that until now, shipments were transported by land.
Thursday’s grain shipment from the Berdyansk port marks the launching of a sea...