The Ukrainian ambassador to Turkey says Turkish customs have stopped a Russian cargo ship carrying stolen grain from Ukraine. "We have full cooperation. The ship is currently at the entrance to the port, it has been stopped by the customs of Turkey," Ambassador Vasyl Bodnar said on Ukrainian television.
According to Bodnar, what will happen to the ship will be determined tomorrow. Last Friday, he wrote on
https://twitter.com/VasylBodnar/stat...82081486815233 that the ship Zhibek Zholy that had left from the occupied Ukrainian port city of Berdjansk had entered the port of Turkish Karasu. He also wrote that he was confident that Turkey would make decisions to "prevent attempts to violate Ukrainian territorial integrity." Turkey maintains good ties with both Russia and Ukraine, and previously signaled its willingness to play a mediating role.