# Expert: Ukraine uses dry cargo ships to launch UAVs under grain deal cover

https://mins.news/en/item/21333

- TASS, 2026-08-13 14:44 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2172463

> Military expert Vitaly Kiselyov told TASS that the Kiev regime is using dry cargo vessels calling at Odesa as part of the grain deal to transport and launch UAVs. He said launches may come from the neutral waters of Azerbaijan and Turkey, and that an attack on an Iranian vessel may have been carried out from one of the ships.

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