A convoy of four ships loaded with food departed from two Ukrainian ports on Wednesday, the Anadolu agency said with the reference to the Turkish Defense Ministry.
The ships, carrying sunflower oil, oil cake and corn, sailed out of Odesa and Chornomorsk, the ministry said.
On July 22, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and the United Nations signed two documents to create a corridor for grain exports from three Ukrainian seaports: Chornomorsk, Odesa and Pivdenny. The parties also established the joint coordination center monitoring food supplies that brings together representatives of Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and the UN.
In all, 25 ships loaded with food have departed from Ukrainian ports since August 1 consistent with the agreement.
The United States of America will provide the UN World Food Program (WFP) with $68 million to buy wheat in Ukraine and then send it to countries most vulnerable in terms of food security, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said.
“The United States will contribute $68 million to the World Food Program to purchase Ukrainian wheat to address the acute global food crisis. We are committed to maintaining global food security for the most vulnerable and urge all countries to follow suit,” Blinken said on Twitter on Wednesday.
As reported, on June 28, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved a draft agreement with WFP on the resumption of the work of its office in the country, which will allow the organization, among other things, to purchase agricultural products from Ukrainian companies for the implementation of international humanitarian programs.
WFP is expected to participate in the purchase of agricultural and food products from Ukrainian companies for the needs of UN international humanitarian projects.
Five ships loaded with grain, including corn and wheat, departed Ukrainian ports on Tuesday, the Anadolu news agency reported with reference to the Turkish Defense Ministry.
Two ships left Pivdenny port and three others Chornomorsk port, it said.
The Joint Coordination Center in Istanbul is also set to inspect four vessels en route for Ukraine to be loaded with grain on Tuesday.
Participants in four-sided negotiations (the United Nations, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine) signed two documents in Istanbul on July 22 regulating the functioning of a sea corridor for exporting grain from the Ukrainian seaports of Odesa, Chornomorsk, and Pivdenny.
The German concern Bayer AG, which specializes in biomedical solutions for healthcare and agriculture, has decided to continue supplying basic agricultural solutions to Russian farmers so that they can contribute to meeting global demand.
At the same time, Bayer hopes “that the Russian authorities will continue to provide free supplies of agricultural products” and “will not use food as a means of pressure on the world,” the company’s statement emphasizes.
At the same time, Bayer intends to invest heavily in Ukraine over the next decade. In particular, the company is investing more than EUR30 million in a seed plant in the Zhytomyr region to meet the demand for corn seeds in the country and abroad.
Bayer is fully committed to fighting what could become an unprecedented food crisis and shares the UN’s view that access to Ukrainian and Russian food is essential to reduce pressure on the global food system, the release notes.
Earlier, the company stopped deliveries to the Russian Federation and Belarus of those products that are not vital, and also suspended advertising and promotional activities, investments in these countries.
Adonis Medical Group has opened a modern center for rehabilitation and physiotherapy in Bucha (Kyiv region), the company told Interfax-Ukraine on Tuesday.
Vitaly Girin, General Director of the Adonis network, specified that the main areas of the center’s work will be medical rehabilitation and recovery after a stroke, traumatic brain injury and other CNS lesions, postoperative rehabilitation, occupational therapy and restoration of self-care skills, correction of chronic pain syndrome in pathologies of the spine, musculoskeletal -motor system, rehabilitation after injuries, road accidents and other accidents.
The rehabilitation center will include a hospital for 12 double rooms, specially equipped for patients with limited mobility. If necessary, a relative or a nurse can be with the patient.
In addition, the center’s range of services provides for the possibility of transporting a patient from anywhere in Ukraine, home visits of doctors and full-cycle medical care within one department.
According to the head of the rehabilitation department, Vadim Kerestey, the center will also be able to carry out rehabilitation after injuries caused by hostilities.
“Such rehabilitation should be carried out in a full-profile rehabilitation center, where there is a full range of medical services, since injuries caused by military operations are combined. Orthopedics in them is often complicated by neurology, bone fractures are combined with injuries of the brain and spinal cord, multiple bone fractures are combined with amputations and injuries of the nervous system and contusions.Such patients need an integrated approach and the help of physical therapists, surgeons, traumatologists, neurologists, speech therapists, psychologists, intensive care units and anesthesiologists,” he explained.
Kerestey noted that the center works in accordance with the requirements of the international standards Eeig EU Standard for Health & Wellness.
Adonis is a network of private medical centers for adults and children.
Adonis Private Clinic was founded over 20 years ago. Its network includes 12 branches in Kyiv and the region, including two own maternity hospitals and a stem cell laboratory.
In the branches of the clinic, doctors receive patients in 66 medical areas.
During his first visit to Ukraine since the start of Russian aggression, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan plans to discuss possible steps to end the war through diplomacy with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and UN Secretary General António Guterres, CNN Turk reports, citing a statement from the Communications Department. president.
“(…) The meeting will discuss steps that can be taken to end the Ukrainian-Russian war through diplomacy, by activating the mechanism created to export Ukrainian grain to world markets,” the message posted on the website on Tuesday evening reads.
The Milliyet edition notes that Erdogan will visit Ukraine for the first time since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation. During the visit, aspects of Turkish-Ukrainian relations at the level of strategic partnership will be assessed.
As reported, UN Secretary-General António Guterres will travel to Lviv on Thursday, August 18, to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. Earlier, the “Club of Experts” released an analysis of the main events that should take place on August 15-21 in Ukraine and the world. For more video analysis, see the link
