00:00Ukraine has formally asked Israel to arrest a cargo ship carrying what Kiev suspects is stolen
00:07Ukrainian grain from territories occupied by Russia. Israeli authorities previously allowed
00:14a vessel with similar cargo to unload unchallenged at the port of Haifa. The Panama-flagged bulk
00:21carrier Panometis is allegedly carrying over 6,000 tons of wheat and 19,000 tons of barley.
00:28It has been waiting to dock as the Ukraine-Israel diplomatic scandal escalated over the past few
00:35days. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar criticized Ukraine raising the issue on social
00:41media site X earlier this week, accusing Kiev of Twitter diplomacy. However, a senior Ukrainian
00:48diplomatic source told Euronews that Israel had ignored other requests via diplomatic channels
00:55for the past one and a half months. Israel now says that the request is being examined.
01:01Kiev estimates that at least 15 million tons of Ukrainian grain have been stolen by Russia
01:06since its full-scale invasion began in 2022.
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