The first ships to export Ukrainian grain from the country’s Black Sea ports could move within days under a deal struck on Friday by Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the United Nations (UN), a spokesperson for the United Nations said. UN this Monday (25).
A Joint Coordination Center will liaise with the shipping industry and publish detailed procedures for ships in the near future, UN Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq said.
Attack on the port of Odessa
Russia on Monday ignored a Western and Ukrainian warning that a missile attack by its forces on the Ukrainian port city of Odessa could derail a UN-brokered deal aimed at alleviating global food shortages by resuming grain exports from the Black Sea region.
The Kremlin said Saturday’s attack – denounced by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as “barbarism” – was aimed only at military infrastructure and would not affect grain export plans in the deal struck on Friday in Istanbul, Turkey. .
Global wheat shortages and rising energy prices in Europe are some of the most far-reaching effects of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, threatening millions of poorer countries with hunger and sparking fears in Europe about heating supplies this winter.
*With information from Pavel Polityuk and Max Hunder, from Reuters
Source: CNN Brasil

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