Ukraine complains to partners about at least 10 Russian postal services that help circumvent sanctions
The participants in the postal and logistics network through which goods subject to European Union sanctions reach Russia are at least 10 Russian postal services that cooperate with certain postal operators in Germany, France and some other countries, said Vladyslav Vlasiuk, an advisor and plenipotentiary of the President of Ukraine on sanctions policy.
"Two weeks ago, we handed over the relevant materials to our partners. I hope the investigative journalism report that came out so timely will speed up their response. We are also preparing our own decisions," Vlasiuk wrote on Facebook on Monday.
He also said in the post that an initial analysis had been conducted of the components of an X-101 missile manufactured in 2026 that Russia used against Ukraine.
"Preliminary conclusions: Russia and Belarus in 2025 (they have learned), China in 2025 and 2024, the United States in 2024 and earlier, as well as the Netherlands, Germany, Taiwan and Japan. At least 45 foreign components. Many conclusions can be drawn. We are working with partners," said the adviser, who also serves as Ukraine’s presidential commissioner for sanctions policy.
Earlier, journalists from the German newspaper Bild tracked packages using GPS trackers that were sent through a network linked to former employees of a German subsidiary of Russian Post. The investigation refers in particular to hundreds of tonnes of shipments to Russia.
The investigation says a logistics company registered in late 2022 and formally listing a post office box in the city of Cologne plays a key role in the scheme. All parcels are first delivered to a warehouse near Berlin Brandenburg Airport before being routed through Poland and Belarus to Russia.
During the investigation, journalists sent goods that reached Moscow without obstruction. Shipping documents from Uzbekistan’s postal service — which is not officially authorized to operate in Germany — were used to dispatch the cargo.
The report уточifies that Dmytro V. runs a logistics company that ships cargo to Russia. He is a former managing director of RusPost GmbH, and in 2014 Russian Post tasked him with opening a subsidiary in Germany’s capital. After the start of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, Dmytro V. resigned.
However, Bild journalists documented that his car was regularly seen near the warehouse where the shipments in question are delivered.
