Dhaka, Aug. 24 -- The wartorn Ukraine's embroiled authorities have requested Bangladesh to take urgent measures to avert unloading 'looted' grains and importing goods originating from their Russian-occupied territories, sources said.

In line with a letter from Kyiv, the Ukrainian embassy in India's New Delhi communicated its government's concerns second time regarding the alleged purchase of grain (wheat) stolen by Russia.

Ukraine believes the discharge and distribution of yet another shipment of looted Ukrainian grains would "constitute the legitimization of systematic theft perpetrated by the occupying power and would amount to direct financial support by Bangladesh for the Russian Federation's ongoing war of aggression against Ukrain...