Kathmandu,

July 4,

Ukraine's ambassador to Ankara said Turkish authorities have detained a Russian cargo ship that is believed to be carrying stolen Ukrainian grain that Kyiv says set off from Berdyansk, a Ukrainian port occupied by Russian forces.

"We have full cooperation,” Ambassador Vasyl Bodnar said on Ukrainian television on July 3. “The ship is currently standing at the entrance to the port. It has been detained by the customs authorities of Turkey."

Turkish officials did not immediately comment.

Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian officials have accused the country of stealing its grain and trying to sell it abroad. In May, the United States warned African nations against buying grains that had been stolen from the Eastern European country.