Russians exported almost 90 thousand tons of wheat from Mariupol in 2026

Russians exported almost 90 thousand tons of Ukrainian wheat from the port of temporarily occupied Mariupol in 2026.

Since the beginning of the occupation of Mariupol, the Russians have been actively restoring the port infrastructure in order to massively export grain from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.

The city council also reported that earlier the Russian side announced plans to use the port as a logistics hub: with access through the Volga-Don Canal to the Caspian Sea, as well as through the Black and Mediterranean Seas to routes to the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.

In July 2025, suspicion was reported against the former Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation Dmitry Patrushev, who participated in the appropriation of agricultural enterprises located in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. He served as the Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation in 2022-2024.

Dmitry Patrushev ensured the export of grain from the Russian-controlled territories of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions. The grain was exported to the occupied Crimea. From there, it was exported abroad by sea under the guise of Russian products.

At the end of March 2026, a large number of trucks were spotted in the occupied Donetsk region. Presumably, they were exporting Ukrainian grain to the territory of the Russian Federation for sowing.

Hundreds of trucks were spotted in occupied Donetsk and Mariupol. The cars are moving towards the state border with Russia.