The Ukrainian Prime Minister expressed concern about Russian economic terrorism. He cited the planned coal shipments and the planned export of stolen grain from occupied territory.
Denys Shmyhal, Ukrainian Prime Minister, reports that Russian forces exported over 180,000 tonnes of stolen Ukrainian grain via the port of Mariupol by 2024.
Mariupol, a strategic city on the Sea of Azov in southeast Ukraine, is a port city. Early in 2022, Russian forces brutally besieged the city. The port of the city is a vital link between the Russian-controlled territories of eastern Ukraine and the Crimean Peninsula. It gives Russia control over the Sea of Azov coast and a landbridge. This allows Russia access to Ukrainian grain resources.
Since the start of the full-scale conflict, Russia has stolen 6 million tons of grain.
Shmyhal said that Russia continues to use food in its aggression.
The Prime Minister also highlighted ongoing looting on temporarily occupied territory, claiming that stolen funds were being used to fund what he called Russia’s “aggressive warfare.”
Shmyhal said these Russian economic terrorism acts will be “one direction in the work of a special tribunal on Russian aggression against Ukraine.”
The Russian company Trading House Donskoe Coal intends to export coal from the occupied Donbas via the port of Mariupol by October.
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