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Heading Off: New Technique Helps Track Grain Smuggling Expansion to Libya
Netherlands🏛️ Politics21 days ago

Heading Off: New Technique Helps Track Grain Smuggling Expansion to Libya

A Russian bulk carrier, Grumant, was tracked using satellite imagery and AIS data to show it departed from the occupied Ukrainian port of Feodosia with grain and arrived in Libya. This marks the second known instance of Russian ships transporting grain from occupied Ukraine to Libya. Previously, the Damas Wave delivered grain to Misrata under the UN-recognized Government of National Unity. Bellingcat used a new method involving heading data from AIS information to verify the ship's route. Five other ships linked to smuggling Ukrainian grain have been sanctioned by the EU, and one by the U.S.

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Heading Off: New Technique Helps Track Grain Smuggling Expansion to Libya

A Russian bulk carrier, Grumant, was tracked using satellite imagery and AIS data to show it departed from the occupied Ukrainian port of Feodosia with grain and arrived in Libya. This marks the second known instance of Russian ships transporting grain from occupied Ukraine to Libya. Previously, the Damas Wave delivered grain to Misrata under the UN-recognized Government of National Unity. Bellingcat used a new method involving heading data from AIS information to verify the ship's route. Five other ships linked to smuggling Ukrainian grain have been sanctioned by the EU, and one by the U.S.

Bias read (Center): The article presents factual observations based on satellite imagery and AIS data without overtly favoring any political side. It references both the Ukrainian government's description of the grain as 'stolen' and mentions the UN-recognized Government of National Unity in Libya, providing balanced,

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