First Export of Wheat Under UN Deal as Two More Ships Leave Ukraine

First Export of Wheat Under UN Deal as Two More Ships Leave Ukraine
The Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier Star Laura at the sea port of Pivdennyi in the town of Yuzhne, Odesa region, Ukraine, on Aug. 12, 2022. Press service of the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine/Handout via Reuters
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ISTANBUL—Two more ships left Ukraine’s Black Sea ports on Friday, including one laden with the first Ukrainian wheat to be exported under a U.N.-brokered deal, Turkey’s defense ministry said.

A total 14 ships have now departed from Ukraine over the past two weeks, following the deal with Russia to allow a resumption of grain exports from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports, after they were stalled for five months due to the war.