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How the Russian Federation is forming a fleet to export Ukrainian grain. Interview with journalist Kateryna Yaresko of the SeaKrime project
During the years of occupation, Russia has formed a stable system for exporting stolen Ukrainian grain: the same ships that regularly enter closed ports, shell companies, fake documents about the origin of the cargo, as well as buyers willing to work with “toxic” grain.
More than UAH 4.3 million will be recovered from former Minister of Agricultural Policy Koval in state revenue
The Supreme Anti-Corruption Court has declared unfounded part of the asset registered in the name of a relative of the former Minister of Agrarian Policy.
Ukraine to the UN: Russia attacked over 50 ships in the Black Sea over the summer
In the summer of 2026 alone, Russia attacked more than 50 civilian vessels, killing almost 30 people.
Additional shelters for port workers are being built in Pivdenne
The new structures should supplement the existing system of shelters and provide additional safe places directly on the territory of the enterprise.
Ukrainian icebreaker “Noosfera” is undergoing scheduled maintenance in Cape Town (photo)
The research vessel is in dry dock in Cape Town (South Africa), where the Noosphere is based between Antarctic expeditions.
“We cannot turn our backs on Ukraine,” Sandu on grain transit through Moldova
The President of Moldova said that helping Ukraine is more important than the short-term losses of Moldovan farmers.
Forecasters: Danube water level will remain abnormally low until the end of August
The water level of the Danube in the Ukrainian section in the first 15 days of August was only 38–43% of the norm — the minimum August level in the Rhine has been updated.
Defense Intelligence has identified 26 vessels that Russia uses to transport oil, gas and stolen grain
Among the vessels exposed are dry cargo ships transporting agricultural products from the TOT, oil tankers and gas carriers of the sanctioned Arctic LNG-2 project.
Defense forces hit four Russian warships in Novorossiysk
Among the affected ships are two frigates of project 11356, a small missile ship “Buyan-M” and a patrol ship “Vasiliy Bykov”.
Ukrainian Defense Forces Attack Russian Naval Base in Novorossiysk
Ukrainian military struck air defense positions, berths and seaport infrastructure at a distance of more than 300 km from the front line.