things because you can t see what s on that ship unless you go up to it. if true, it would appear to be a pattern emerging from russia. cnn has tracked satellite images of ships that appear to be loading grain from ukraine and trying to take them to other places, to export them for russia s gain. russia has denied stealing grain. interestingly earlier in june, the kremlin spokesperson said work was underway to strike deals to sell this grain to places like turkey and the middle east. so clearly this is one of the most far reaching consequences of this war, and another part of this which is worth watching the role of turkey because they are trying to broker talks between russia, ukraine, the u.n. to try to find a solution to unblockade the black sea and get ukraine s grain exports out. clearly they are having to play another role here in terms of policing waters around their own ports and figure out what s in the ships, max. in terms of the broader topic, other countries are
trillions. reuters reporting authorities detained a russian cargo ship carrying stolen grain. that is according to the ambassador in turkey speaking on ukrainian tv. ukraine has accused russia of stealing grain in territories its forces have seized. cnn covering the story from every angle. claire sebastian here in london. let s start with cnn s scott mclean live in kyiv. scott, they are basically outgunned in this region they pulled out of. reporter: out gunned, out manned. max, look, this was one of russia s major goals in this war to take luhansk and the other take donetsk region, and perhaps far beyond that. ukraine has conceded their troops did have to pull back. there are still some pockets of resistance. the local governor in the area spoke with cnn this morning and framed the situation like this. saying the ukrainians could have gone on and fought for, say, another two weeks or so, but they would have sustained heavy
high school there. if there s good news, the strike took place at 4:00 in the morning and school is not in in the summer there s been no casualties. the ukrainians have accused the russians of stealing grain multiple times. the ukrainians haven t exp explicitly accused the ship of carrying stolen grain but they want the turks to look into it before they allow it to come into port. the company that owns the ship says everything is above board. that he haven t done anything illegal and the russians have disputed over and over again any accusations they have stolen any ukrainian grain.
on the sea just west of mariupol and has apparently traveled from there to the turkish coast. what ukraine wants is for the grain to be confiscated. according to the ambassador of ukraine to turkey, there will be a meeting with investigators on monday. they are pushing for it to be confiscated. it steps up the urgency for the international community s efforts to try to unblockade the black sea, get ukraine s grain out to where it needs to be exported to. meanwhile this is causing food insecurity in some of the most vulnerable parts of the world. we will continue to watch this story close. claire sebastian joining us live from london. many thanks. the u.s. is directly involved in the death of palestinian-american reporter. she was covering the military when she was killed by gunfire. the u.s. government has been urging the palestinians for weeks to turnover the bullet
troops had withdrawn from lysychansk, the last strong hold in the luhansk region. they likely control the entire region which will allow them to shift their focus to efforts to seize control of the wider donbas. now, this all comes as officials from around the world are gathering in switzerland to hash out plans to rebuild ukraine once the fighting stops. but the task before them is, of course, daunting. reconstruction is expected to cost hundreds of billions of dollars. meanwhile, reuters is reporting that turkish authorities have detained a russian cargo ship carrying what ukraine says is stolen grain. ukraine has previously accused russia of stealing grain in the territories it forces its forces have seized. we want to bring in claire sebastian. she joins us from london. good morning, claire.