INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Turkey has become a leading destination for exports of coal from Ukraine's Russian-occupied Donetsk and Luhansk regions this year, according
million, according to Reuters
They likely reached Turkey via the southern Russian ports of Rostov-on-Don and Novorossiysk, which both have rail connections to Donetsk and
Luhansk.Reuters found that as many as 10 producers in the occupied regions have been selling coal to Turkey, including Luhansk-based
But unlike its partners in NATO, it has stopped short of introducing restrictions on trade with Russia or the occupied regions of
attempts by Russia to profit from the theft of Ukraine's natural resources
Ukraine's natural resources belong to the people of Ukraine," a spokesperson for the U.S
State Department told Reuters.
