Stolen Ukrainian wheat delivered from occupied Mariupol to Turkey

The Victoria V vessel in occupied Mariupol was loaded with over 5,000 tons of Ukrainian grain, which was delivered to a Turkish port.

This was reported by Kateryna Yaresko, a journalist for the SeaKrime project of the Peacemaker Center.

From September 17 to 23, 5,500 tons of wheat were loaded onto the Russian-flagged Victoria V (IMO:9454125) vessel in Mariupol.

“The vessel processed documents in the port of Temryuk (Russia) without cargo operations and delivered the stolen grain to Turkey. Unloading in the Turkish port of Marmara took place from October 6 to 9,” Kateryna Yaresko noted.

Also, the Irkutsk vessel (IMO:9419084) loaded 7,063 tons of wheat in occupied Berdyansk from September 20 to 23, processed documents in Temryuk, and delivered grain to the port of Marmara on October 7.

The Defense Intelligence War&Sanctions portal notes that the Victoria V vessel was also involved in the export of coking coal from the temporarily occupied Ukrainian port of Mariupol, using the following scheme: the vessel officially enters the Russian port of Temryuk; turns off the automatic identification system (AIS); goes to the port of Mariupol for loading; returns to Temryuk with the cargo; turns on the AIS; goes to the port of destination.

As previously reported by USM, the Victoria V vessel also transported stolen grain by the “Egyptian Express” from Berdyansk to the port of Alexandria.