Five ships loaded with several tens of thousands of tons of Ukrainian grain have disappeared from the seaport of Berdyansk, Oleksandr Starukh, chairman of the Zaporozhye Regional Military Administration, said on the air of the telethon, Radio Liberty writes..

Residents of Berdyansk reported about the disappearance of ships with cargo.

" Some of them were fully loaded - we can see this from customs documents, some were partially loaded. A few days ago, these ships disappeared from the port of Berdyansk.

As people say, they were driven off somewhere by Russian tugboats,"

The day before, a resident of Berdyansk, who was familiar with the work of the port and transportation, said that the buildings and territory of the port were seized by Russian forces, and on March 15, ships loaded with Ukrainian grain under foreign flags were raided by a Russian tug.

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In turn, the head of the OVA hopes to find out the whereabouts of the ships as soon as possible..

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Recall that Berdyansk was captured by the invaders one of the first. Russian guards occupied the city council, administration, buildings of the prosecutor's office, police and other authorities.