Syria has become the main hub for purchasing grain taken by russia from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, according to ProAgro Group.

As investigative journalist Kateryna Yaresko of the SeaKrime project at the Myrotvorets Center explained, Egypt was previously considered the key destination for such grain, but the situation has now changed.

“We previously reported on Egypt as the main hub for this grain – now the situation is different. Syria has taken first place,” she said.

Yaresko emphasized that the shipments are systematic in nature. Monitoring data shows that vessels regularly travel from occupied Ukrainian ports to Syrian ports.

“If you open MarineTraffic, you can see a large number of bulk carriers heading from occupied ports to Syria. These are no longer isolated cases but a constant flow. And this is happening right now,” the expert explained.

Following the change of government in Syria, shipments were temporarily halted, but later resumed and regained volume, Yaresko added.

Earlier, it was reported that Egypt had pledged to stop accepting grain exported by russia from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. This decision resulted from an agreement between Presidents Volodymyr Zelensky and Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and marks a shift in the policy of the world’s largest wheat importer.

 Source: Latifundist.com