South Korea Faces Questions Over Russia Fuel Shipments
First reported 5 Oct, 23:50 UTCUpdated 2h ago4 sources
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South Korean ports reportedly handled over 176,000 tons of fuel bound for Russia in July and August, including shipments via sanctioned tankers. The news coincides with Seoul’s threats of further action against Kyiv over the latter’s disclosure of two North Korean POWs transferred to South Korea.
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Exclusive: Guardian analysis finds more than 150,000 tonnes of fuel was shipped to Russian ports in July and August, some using sanctioned tankers Fuel is being shipped from South Korea to Russia via sanctioned tankers as Moscow scrambles for supplies amid the war in Ukraine, a move one expert said “undermines”…
Potentially undermining sanctions, over 176,000 tonnes of fuel, mostly diesel, from South Korean ports were loaded onto sanctioned Russian tankers, based on analysis of port records and ship-tracking data.
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- Fuel from South Korea being shipped to Russia as Ukraine war grinds on (opens The Guardian in a new tab)
Exclusive: Guardian analysis finds more than 150,000 tonnes of fuel was shipped to Russian ports in July and August, some using sanctioned tankers Fuel is being shipped from South Korea to Russia via sanctioned tankers as Moscow scrambles for supplies amid the war in Ukraine, a move one expert said “undermines”…
- South Korea shipped fuel to Russia via sanctioned vessels, media reports (opens The Kyiv Independent in a new tab)
Potentially undermining sanctions, over 176,000 tonnes of fuel, mostly diesel, from South Korean ports were loaded onto sanctioned Russian tankers, based on analysis of port records and ship-tracking data.
- South Korea has become one of Russia’s biggest fuel suppliers. Some shipments are arriving on sanctioned tankers. (opens Meduza in a new tab)
By the end of summer, South Korea had become Russia’s second-largest supplier of petroleum products, and sanctioned tankers were among those used to ship the fuel, The Guardian reported.
- South Korea Faces Questions Over Russia Fuel Shipments (opens Kyiv Post in a new tab)
South Korean ports reportedly handled over 176,000 tons of fuel bound for Russia in July and August, including shipments via sanctioned tankers. The news coincides with Seoul’s threats of further action against Kyiv over the latter’s disclosure of two North Korean POWs transferred to South Korea.
