Despite Ukraine’s demand to detain the ship that delivered a batch of wheat stolen from occupied territories of Ukraine to the port of Haifa, Israel released it. This was reported by Axios journalist Barak Ravid.
According to the report, today Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Saar sent a text message to his Ukrainian counterpart Andrii Sybiha. “Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar sent a text message today to his Ukrainian counterpart & wrote that unfortunately it is too late & the vessel has already left the port of Haifa and therefore it cannot be detained,” the message said.
It also noted that Israel’s Foreign Ministry had known about the ship for two weeks before its arrival at the port.
“Senior Ukrainian officials tell me they made it clear to Israel that they are demanding the confiscation of the wheat cargo,” the journalist added.
