Ukraine said on Monday evening that it has summoned Israel’s ambassador in Kyiv, Michael Brodsky, for a “reprimand session” on Tuesday morning after Tel Aviv received a Russian grain shipment that Kyiv says was taken by Moscow from Ukrainian territory, escalating a diplomatic dispute between the two countries.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said in a post on X that “friendly relations between Ukraine and Israel can benefit both countries, and that trade in stolen Ukrainian grain carried out by Russia should not undermine them.”
He added: “is difficult to understand Israel’s lack of an adequate response to Ukraine’s request to refuse entry to a vessel carrying stolen goods in Haifa.”
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He continued: “Now that another such vessel has arrived in Haifa, we once again warn Israel against accepting the stolen grain and harming our relations.”
The minister said: “we have already officially summoned the Israeli ambassador to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine tomorrow morning to present our protest note and request appropriate action,”
Meanwhile, the Hebrew-language newspaper Maariv reported that Kyiv had summoned Israel’s ambassador for a “reprimand session”.
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