{"id":104496,"date":"2024-09-11T20:10:58","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T17:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/104496\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"belarusian-potash-giant-supplied-salt-to-ukraines-breakaway-territories-report","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/104496\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarusian potash giant supplied salt to Ukraine\u2019s breakaway territories &#8211; report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"751\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/kali_belaruskali_lrt_1128x751.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/kali_belaruskali_lrt_1128x751.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/kali_belaruskali_lrt_1128x751-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/kali_belaruskali_lrt_1128x751-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/kali_belaruskali_lrt_1128x751-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/kali_belaruskali_lrt_1128x751-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(lrt.lt)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 11, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk republics were buying Bie\u0142aru\u015bkalij-produced technical salt in 2017\u20132022, according to an investigative report from <em>Buro Media<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The investigative journalists made the conclusion after studying customs data and information from an intermediary, the Donetsk-based company ASK Region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The product in question is halite, a mineral concentrate used for water treatment and de-icing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bie\u0142aru\u015bkalij was selling halite to local companies and later signed contracts with the local administrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2020, the Belarusian company supplied more than 3,600 tons of technical salt worth more than $265,000 to the occupied territories of Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Customs declarations named the Donetsk self-proclaimed republic\u2019s &#8220;ministry of construction and housing&#8221; as the recipient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Local administration officials and Bie\u0142aru\u015bkalij executives declined to comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2021 and 2022, the deliveries of Belarusian technical salt continued through an intermediary, <em>Buro Media<\/em> noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bie\u0142aru\u015bkalij sold its products to ASK Region, which transported them to Donetsk even after Russia&#8217;s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deliveries were estimated at over 1,000 tons worth more than $63,000 dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kubrakov_mvd_zaniatie_stolin_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kubrakov_mvd_zaniatie_stolin_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kubrakov_mvd_zaniatie_stolin_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kubrakov_mvd_zaniatie_stolin_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kubrakov_mvd_zaniatie_stolin_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kubrakov_mvd_zaniatie_stolin_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarus\u2019 riot police, internal troops training near Ukrainian border<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">September 11, Pozirk. 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