27 minutes agoZelensky enjoys first grain shipment, but says he is not trusted with Russia
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)A Ukrainian grain ship left the port of Odessa for the first time since the beginning of the Russian occupation on Monday, following an internationally mediated agreement to unblock Ukraine's agricultural exports and alleviate the global food crisis. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy described the shipment as the “sinhal of [...]
Ukrainian President Voldymyr Zelenskiy described the shipment as the first positive “that there is a chance to prevent the development of a global food crisis”, while the Kremlin called “very positive”.
Zelenskiy said that while it is “too early to draw any conclusions”, the shipment was the first positive “syal” to contain a global food crisis in his recent speech to the nation.
The implementation of the initiative to export grain and other agricultural products from our Black Sea ports began today. The first ship with 26,000 tonnes of corn left the port of Odessa.
So far, it is too early to draw any conclusions and predict further events. But the port began working, export traffic began, and this could be called the first positive signal that there is a chance to prevent the spread of the food crisis in the world.
Currently, everything depends on implementing the initiative's security parameters, which is the responsibility of partners, primarily of the United Nations and Turkey.
We cannot have illusions that Russia will simply refrain from trying to prevent Ukraine's” exports, the president stressed. /abcnews. al
