Ukraine has seized a foreign cargo ship and detained its captain on suspicion of assisting Moscow in exporting Ukrainian grain from Russian-occupied Crimea on the Danube River, officials reported on July 11, 2024.
Since the beginning of the 2022 conflict, Kyiv has accused Russia of transporting looted Ukrainian grain, but ship seizures have been rare, raising concerns among maritime sources about potential retaliation at a crucial time for Ukraine’s grain...