“He was the target”: Ukrainian grain boss killed – Zelenskyj adviser suspects intention
Created: 2022-08-02 05:19
By: Franziska Schwarz
In the Ukraine war, one of the largest Ukrainian grain traders has come under deadly fire.
For Presidential Advisor Podoljak, this is by no means a coincidence.
Mykolaiv - A well-known businessman and his wife were also killed in the fighting in Ukraine - his profession was grain.
The goods that have been causing international concern for some time.
Oleksiy Vadaturskyi was 74 years old.
His fortune was estimated to be more than 400 million euros, reports the dpa news agency.
The Ukrainian founded the logistics company Nibulon based in Mykolaiv.
But the southern Ukrainian city was shelled on July 31 "probably more than ever before," its mayor Oleksandr Senkevych explained on Telegram.
The two spouses died in their home.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyj called her death a "great loss" and, according to US broadcaster CNN, paid tribute to what Wadaturskyj had done "for more than 50 years" for agriculture and shipbuilding in Ukraine, and the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry tweeted that Wadaturskyj was a "hero." “:
Grain wholesaler killed in Ukraine war: "It was on purpose"
CNN reporters witnessed the heavy explosions and fires in Mykolayiv.
According to the report, Wadaturskyj and his wife sought shelter in their basement, parts of their villa were now in rubble.
According to the US broadcaster, local residents were "shocked" and "angry" about the attack.
Three other civilians are believed to have been injured in the attack.
About half of the once almost 500,000 inhabitants are said to be staying in the shipbuilding town.
The information could not initially be independently verified.
What role does Ukrainian grain play for the country itself and the world?
Before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the country was the world's fourth largest exporter of wheat and corn.
However, more than 20 million tons of the 2021 harvest are still tied up in Ukrainian ports, according to the Ukrainian side.
The Ukrainian government with President Volodymyr Zelenskyj accused Russia of a blockade with Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin.
Moscow, on the other hand, accused Ukraine of having mined its own ports and of not wanting to clear the mines.
The Ukraine war and its aftermath drove up grain prices.
In addition, the UN now increasingly fears hunger crises in the world due to the lack of deliveries.
A deal to export Ukrainian grain was negotiated in Istanbul on July 22.
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Was Mykolayiv a chosen target of Moscow in the grain dispute?
According to
CNN
, this is currently unclear.
But not for the Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podoliak.
He wrote on Telegram that Vadaturskyj had been killed on purpose.
