The first shipment of grain to leave Ukraine under a wartime deal appears to have ended up in Syria, even as Damascus remains a close ally of Moscow, satellite images show.
Razoni, loaded with 26,000 tons of corn shipped under deal meant to allow Kyiv to resume exports, identified at Tartus, where Russia has already sent stolen grain to feed key ally
Syria s government had already received Ukrainian grain taken from Russian-occupied territory amid Moscow’s war on Kyiv even before this new shipment, brokered under a UN deal, arrived.
Russia blamed sabotage for explosions at one of its military bases in Moscow-annexed Crimea while Kyiv hinted it was responsible as Ukrainian officials said their strategy was to destroy supply lines supporting Russia's invasion. The blasts on Tuesday engulfed an ammunition depot at a military base in the north of…