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Russia is shipping stolen Ukrainian grain to Israel, says Ukraine Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha.
Sybiha said on Monday that he summoned Israel’s ambassador over a shipment to an Israeli port wit grain farmed on Russian-occupied territory.
Kyiv said it informed Israel earlier this month that a Russian shipment delivered at Haifa contained grain from Ukrainian territory.
Friendly Ukrainian-Israeli relations have the potential to benefit both countries, and Russia’s illegal trade with stolen Ukrainian grain should not undermine them.
It is difficult to understand Israel’s lack of appropriate response to Ukraine’s legitimate request regarding the…
— Andrii Sybiha (@andrii_sybiha) April 27, 2026
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar criticized Sybiha for making the announcement but said, “The matter will be examined….Israel is a state that abides by the rule of law.”
From the outset of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Russia blockaded the Black Sea and Ukrainian ports. Kyiv broke the blockade in 2023, damaging or destroying 1/3 of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. However, Moscow has continued to export grain and goods from ports which it occupies.
The European Union found in 2024 that there was evidence Russia was “illegally appropriating large volumes of [cereals and grains] in territories of Ukraine, which it illegally occupies, and routing them to its export markets as allegedly Russian products”.
