A Ukrainian court has said it will confiscate a general cargoship that allegedly called in its former territory of Crimea.

The Odessa district court said the 4,100-dwt Sky Moon (built 1977) transported "more than 3,000 tonnes of sodium carbonate from the territory of Crimea, bypassing the Ukrainian customs control", the Itar-Tass news agency cited the southern Ukrainian office of military prosecutors as saying.

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