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WORLD NEWS Tuesday 2 augusT 2022
1st ship carrying Ukrainian grain leaves the port of Odesa

By SUSIE BLANN and SUZAN here. We want everything
FRASER to work for us, everything to
Associated Press bustle.” The resumption of
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The the grain shipments came
first ship carrying Ukrainian as fighting raged elsewhere
grain set out Monday from in Ukraine, with Russia press-
the port of Odesa under ing its offensive in the east
an internationally brokered while Ukraine tries to retake
deal to unblock the em- territory in the Russian-oc-
battled country’s agricul- cupied south.
tural exports and ease the Ukraine’s presidential office
growing global food crisis. said at least three civilians
The Sierra Leone-flagged were killed and 16 wound-
cargo ship Razoni sounded ed by Russian shelling in the
its horn as it departed with Donetsk region over the
over 26,000 tons of corn past 24 hours. Donetsk Gov.
destined for Lebanon. Pavlo Kyrylenko repeated
“The first grain ship since a call for all residents to
Russian aggression has left evacuate, emphasizing
port,” Ukrainian Minister of the need to remove about
Infrastructure Oleksandr Ku- 52,000 children still there.
brakov declared on Twitter. Two civilians were killed
Russia and Ukraine signed and two seriously wounded
agreements in Istanbul with The bulk carrier Razoni starts its way from the port in Odesa, Ukraine, Monday, Aug. 1, 2022. when Russian forces fired
Turkey and the U.N. on July Associated Press missiles at a bus evacuating
22, clearing the way for people from a village in the
Ukraine to export 22 million bearing only grain, fertilizer but also buys its corn for year,” he said. southern Kherson region,
tons of grain and other agri- or related food items, not making cooking oil and Hearing the ship sound its according to Oleksandr
cultural products that have any other commodities. animal feed. Kubrakov said horn as it left port delighted Vilkul, head of the military
been stuck in Black Sea The Razoni was scheduled the shipments will also help Olena Vitalievna, an Ode- administration in the city of
ports because of Russia’s to dock early Wednesday Ukraine’s war-shattered sa resident. Kryvyi Rih.
invasion of Ukraine more in Istanbul, where teams of economy. “Finally, life begins to move Ukrainian authorities have
than five months ago. The Russian, Ukrainian, Turkish “Unlocking ports will pro- forward and there are been calling on civilians
deals also allow Russia to and U.N. officials were set vide at least $1 billion in some changes in a posi- in that region, which was
export grain and fertilizer. to board it for inspection. foreign exchange revenue tive direction,” she said. “In overrun by Russian troops
As part of the agreements, More ships are expected to to the economy and an general, the port should early in the war, to evacu-
safe corridors through leave from Ukraine’s ports opportunity for the agricul- live its own life because ate ahead of a planned
the mined waters outside through the safe corridors. tural sector to plan for next Odesa is a port city. We live counteroffensive.q
Ukraine’s ports were estab- At Odesa, 16 more vessels,
lished. all blocked since Russia’s
Ukraine and Russia are invasion on Feb. 24, were
major global suppliers of waiting their turn, with oth-
wheat, barley, corn and ers to follow, Ukrainian au-
sunflower oil, with the fer- thorities said.
tile Black Sea region long But some shipping com-
known as the breadbasket panies are not yet rushing
of Europe. The holdup of to export food across the
food shipments because of Black Sea as they assess
the war has worsened rising the danger of mines and
food prices worldwide and the risk of Russian rockets
threatened hunger and hitting grain warehouses
political instability in devel- and ports.
oping nations. U.N. Secretary-General An-
“Today Ukraine, together tonio Guterres, who pro-
with partners, takes an- posed the grain deal in
other step to prevent world April, said the Razoni was
hunger,” Kubrakov said. “loaded with two com-
In Moscow, Kremlin spokes- modities in short supply:
man Dmitry Peskov hailed corn and hope.”
the ship’s departure as “Hope for millions of people
“very positive,” saying it around the world who de-
would help test the “effi- pend on the smooth run-
ciency of the mechanisms ning of Ukraine’s ports to
that were agreed to during feed their families,” he said.
the talks in Istanbul.” Lebanon, the corn’s des-
Under the agreements, tination, is in the grip of a
ships going in and out of severe financial crisis. A
Ukrainian ports will be sub- 2020 explosion at its main
ject to inspection to make port in Beirut shattered its
sure that incoming vessels capital city and destroyed
are not carrying weapons grain silos. Lebanon imports
and that outgoing ones are mostly wheat from Ukraine