Russia’s FSB security service has alleged it found traces of explosives on a cargo ship travelling to pick up grain, less than a week after Moscow pulled out of a deal allowing Ukraine to export cereals over the Black Sea.
The unnamed vessel may have been used to deliver explosives to Ukraine, where it had docked two months earlier, the service claimed, but did not offer further evidence.
The ship was stopped and searched in the Kerch Strait where it was heading from Turkey to Rostov-on-Don in Russia.
The allegation came after Russia said ships travelling to Ukraine’s Black Sea ports will be considered as potential military targets, claiming they are being used to transport war equipment. Ukraine later issued a similar warning against Russian cargo vessels.
