Mikhail Mizintsev, head of the Russian National Defense Control Center, said 58 foreign ships were blocked in Ukrainian ports. Related reports TASS.
Earlier, it was reported that the joint coordination center in Istanbul approved the departure of two ships carrying grain from Ukrainian ports on 13 August. Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship Thoe carrying sunflower seeds left the Ukrainian port in the morning He headed to Chernomorsk and Turkey.
22 July Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and UN representatives signed An agreement on the creation of a grain corridor for the export of agricultural products from Ukraine via the Black Sea. From Russia, the document was signed by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu from Turkey – the head of the military department Hulusi Akar, from Kiev – by the Minister of Infrastructure Alexander Kubrakov.