Ukraine and Israel got into a food fight. Ukraine accused Israel of accepting a Russian shipment of grain from occupied territory in Ukraine, and Israel said it had no proof the grain was stolen.

The war of words began when Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky posted an angry condemnation on X, saying there’s no way Israel didn’t know the shipment was illegal.

“In any normal country, purchasing stolen goods is an act that entails legal liability,” he wrote. “This applies, in particular, to grain stolen by Russia. Another vessel carrying such grain has arrived at a port in Israel and is preparing to unload.”

“This is not — and cannot be — legitimate business,” he declared. “The Israeli authorities cannot be unaware of which ships are arriving at the country’s ports and what cargo they are carrying.”

But Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar fired back Tuesday, denouncing Zelensky’s tweet as “Twitter diplomacy.”

“Up until this point, the Ukrainian government has not submitted a request for legal assistance,” he said. “They submitted tweets. Nor has the Ukrainian government provided evidence for its claims.”

Nevertheless, he did say that he had spoken to the Israel Tax Authority about the shipment, adding that the ship had not yet docked nor submitted its documents for verification, making the claims impossible to fact check.

Sa’ar urged Ukraine, which has threatened sanctions on those responsible, to take the right steps to remedy the situation instead of tweeting about it.

“We say again to our Ukrainian friends: If you have any evidence of theft, submit it through the appropriate channels.”

The foreign minister stressed that Israel “is a state that abides by the rule of law,” but it “will not be influenced” by public pressure.

The European Union waded in, condemning the alleged theft and also threatening sanctions on those involved.

Meanwhile, senior Ukrainian officials demanded that the wheat be confiscated.