US diplomats have warned 14 countries, most of them in Africa, that Russia is looking for buyers for stolen Ukrainian grain, and that Russian ships are filled with grain from Ukraine.. The New York Times writes about this, two American officials confirmed the content of the message to the publication..

Among the 14 countries are mostly African, as well as Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Turkey.

The State Department spokesman also said that "

The State Department report names three ships that the United States suspects of transporting Ukrainian wheat: "

Over the past month, they have been cruising between the Kerch Strait and various ports in the eastern Mediterranean, the NYT notes: sometimes they called at ports in Turkey or Syria, at other times, according to sites that track the movement of ships, they turned off transponders while in the Mediterranean Sea, apparently to hide.

" Obviously, agents in uniform and the military of the aggressor country are doing this..

It is preliminary known that the Russian authorities stole from 400,000 to 500,000 tons of grain in the occupied territories, taking most of it first to Crimea.

At current prices, 500,000 tons is about $200 million.

Earlier, Ukrainian military intelligence reported in mid-May that the most likely destination for Russian dry cargo ships exporting Ukrainian grain is Syria, “from there it can be smuggled to other countries in the Middle East.”.