A high-ranking judicial source told Archyde.com that The Lebanese Public Prosecutor A ship anchored in Lebanon, accused by Ukraine of transporting stolen flour and barley, was allowed to sail following investigations concluded that there were no criminal offenses.
The source added that the Odessa ship is still unable to depart due to a second detention order issued by a judge in the northern city of Tripoli, where the ship docked, on Monday.
An official at the Ukrainian embassy in Beirut said his country might not immediately comment on the matter.
Ukraine said the ship was carrying regarding 10,000 tons of flour and barley, a shipment Kyiv says Russia stole from Ukrainian warehouses following its invasion of the country in February.
The Russian embassy in Lebanon said it had no information regarding the shipment. Moscow has previously denied stealing any Ukrainian grain.
An official from the company that owns the cargo denied that it was stolen and said the ship would sail to Syria if it was allowed to leave the port of Tripoli.
The judge who previously issued the detention order told Archyde.com that the order issued on Monday only lasted 72 hours.
