Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday that his country’s harvest could be half the usual amount this year because of the “Russian invasion.”
“This year’s Ukrainian harvest is under the threat of being twice less”, than the usual amount, Zelenskyy wrote on Twitter. “Our main goal – to prevent the global food crisis caused by the Russian invasion. Grain always finds a way to be delivered in an alternative way,” he added.
Ukraine, one of the world’s top grain suppliers, has been struggling to get its products to buyers due to the Russian naval blockade of Ukrainian Black Sea ports.
An agreement signed under the auspices of the UN and Turkey on July 22 provides for the safe passage of ships carrying grain from three ports in southern Ukraine.
Turkish Presidency spokesman İbrahim Kalın assured on Sunday that there is a high probability that the first ship carrying grain will leave Ukraine on August 1.
“The first ship carrying Ukrainian grain could leave tomorrow morning,” Kalın was quoted as saying by Turkish newspaper Star.
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