The vessel Ikaria Angel with 40,000 tons of grain for Ethiopia as part of the UN World Food Program (WFP) was unable to leave the Ukrainian port on Sunday, as planned, due to Russia’s actions, Minister of Infrastructure Oleksandr Kubrakov said.
“These products were intended for the people of Ethiopia, who are on the verge of starvation. But due to the blocking of the “grain corridor” by Russia, export is impossible,” he tweeted on Sunday.
As reported, the Russian Defense Ministry announced Moscow’s withdrawal from agreements on the export of grain from the ports of Ukraine, citing the alleged attack by Ukraine “against the ships of the Black Sea Fleet and civilian ships involved in ensuring the security of the” grain corridor “.
At the same time, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that this was just a pretext, and Russia deliberately began to aggravate the food crisis back in September, when, due to the actions of its representatives, 176 ships had already accumulated in the Joint Coordination Center near the Bosphorus, which could not pass through your route.
On July 22, representatives of Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the UN signed an agreement in Istanbul on the creation of a sea corridor for the export of Ukrainian grain from the ports of Chornomorsk, Odessa and Yuzhny for a period of 120 days.
As of October 29, 403 ships left Ukrainian ports with 9.1 million tons of agricultural products for Asia, Europe and Africa.
