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Ukraine Says Egypt Let Suspected Stolen Grain Unload Despite Legal Plea

Kyiv casts the unloading as a test of its push to seize suspect cargoes.

Overview

  • The vessel Asomatos, which Ukraine identified Tuesday, unloaded 26,900 tonnes of wheat at Abu Qir in Egypt despite warnings from Kyiv.
  • Ukraine says this is the fourth case since April of grain taken from occupied territory being handled at Egyptian ports.
  • Officials say the Prosecutor General sent Egypt a legal‑assistance request four days earlier with data to arrest the ship and seize the cargo.
  • Ukraine links the cargo to the sanctioned company Agro‑Fregat and says the route ran via Russian‑occupied Crimea.
  • Responses elsewhere have varied, with Israel recently refusing a suspect shipment after an earlier one was allowed, while Zelenskyy said in April that Egypt would stop accepting such grain.