The first shipment of It seems that the grain to leave Ukraine under a wartime agreement is over up in Syria – to Damascus remains close ally of Moscow, satellite images analyzed Tuesday by the Associated Press (AP) show.
The arrival of Cargo ship Razoni in Syria comes next government in Kyiv He praised the ship’s first exit from the port of Odessa sign Which Ukraine can safely ship out Barley, corn, sunflower oil, wheat for the hungry world where global Food prices have skyrocketed in Part because of the war.
but it arrival in syria port of Tartous shows how complicated and mysterious international trade It can be free. Syria has already Handing over Ukrainian grain taken from the lands occupied by Russia amid the Moscow war on Kyiv.
Images from Planet Labs PBC analyzed by the Associated Press showed the Razuni flying the Sierra Leone flag in the port. just before 11 am on Monday. was the ship just next To the granaries in the port, key To supply the nation with wheat.
Data from Razoni Automatic Identification System Tracking System shows has turned off Since Friday when it was just off the coast of Cyprus, according to ship tracking website MarineTraffic.com. Ships are supposed to keep their own AIS trackers onbut ships that want to hide their movements often manage their movement off. Those heading to Syrian ports do so routinely.
Razzoni can be identified in Satellite image in terms of color, length and width, as well as the four large white cranes on its surface. Samir Madani, Co-founder of the oil-shipment website TankerTrackers.com and expert on the following ships via Satellite imagery, similarly identified the ship from the image.
Financial Times first mentioned on Satellite image.
Razzoni, loaded with 26000 tons of corn, left Odessa on 1 August. It was a cargo ship first To leave a port controlled by Ukraine in The country since Russia launched the war in February. as part of The deal, a United Nations focal point in Istanbul, which has employees of Turkey, Russia and Ukraine, oversees the shipments sure They travel safely through the Black Sea, which has mines in Some areas have seen combat during the conflict.
But Lebanon, which was Razouni’s supposed destination, is over up do not take shipmentEven while you’re struggling, with its economic crisis. Lebanese media I mentioned this after a delay of months because of the war in Ukraine, merchant who I buy shipment not longer wanted He. She.
ship sat off Mersin, Turkey, before heading to Syria.
In response to a question about Razouni, the United Nations Joint Coordination Center said in Statement that “after the departure ships clear lie in Istanbul, the Joint Coordination Committee, stop monitoring it.”
“The ships that have been cleared then continue to final Center said.
On Tuesday, the Ukrainian Embassy in Beirut referred to an earlier statement that the Razouni shipment was no longer held by Kyiv responsibility.
Our mission was to reopen the seaports for And shipping the grain has been done.
that official Was contacted by phone on Tuesday at the port of Tartous declined to me comment. Syria mission To the United Nations did not immediately respond to the request for comment.
Tartous on The Mediterranean is located about 320 kilometers (200 mi) northwest of The Syrian capital, Damascus.
Syria remains Punished by the West over killing and abuses of civilians during the Civil War, although the West was exempted from food supplies. Russian military support It was key For the remaining leader of the Syrian regime, Bashar al-Assad in power. Syria recognized the Russian-backed separatist eastern Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk as sovereign entities, leading to me Kyiv sever diplomatic relations with Damascus.
Since earlier this yearThe ships transported Ukrainian foodstuffs from the territories occupied by Russia to Syria. In May, satellite images showed Matros Pozynich flying the Russian flag at the quay in Latakia, Syria. Ukraine said the ship was carrying 27,000 tons of Russia stole the grain and initially tried to sell it to Egypt, which refused to take the shipment.