Large convoy of vessels sets sail from Odesa as Moscow warns doing so without its approval is ‘risky’
Ukraine has shipped a daily record tonnage of grain via a UN and Turkish administered scheme despite the withdrawal of Russia, and warnings from Moscow that continuing grain shipments without its approval would be “risky”.
A large convoy of ships carrying grain set sail from Odesa on Monday despite Russia pulling out of the UN-brokered deal – designed to stave off a global hunger crisis – in retaliation for a drone attack on warships based in the Black Sea port of Sevastopol.