The
ship loaded with cereals that left
Odessa
yesterday
arrived near the Turkish coast on the Black Sea north of
Istanbul
.
It is learned from the geolocation site Vessel Finder according to which the boat is already anchored while the Turkish Ministry of Defense has made it known that the ship is expected at the entrance to the Bosphorus around 21 (20 in Italy).
Fifteen other
ships loaded
with grain are technically
ready to go
from Ukrainian ports and two more are nearing completion.
This was stated on TV by the Deputy Minister of Agricultural Policy in Ukraine Taras Vysotskyi, quoted by Ukrinform.
"Today it was confirmed that about 15 ships are technically ready and two more are nearing completion. At that point, traffic will be two-way, including approaching cargo ships," the ministry noted.
These ships are mainly intended for the transport of cereal crops (maize, wheat, barley), and subsequently of oilseeds and processed products.
Each ship can carry 10,000 to 60,000 tons.
DONETSK EVACUATION BEGAN. EXPLOSIONS ON THE BORDER WITH POLAND
Meanwhile, the governor of the
Lviv
region announced that an explosion was heard in the
Červonohrad
district , on the
border with Poland
, after a Russian missile attack.
The same source announced that a rescue team is on their way to the site of the explosion.
This was reported by the Kiev Independent.
"The
mandatory
evacuation from the
Donetsk
region has begun . The first train arrived in Kropyvnytsky this morning."
Thus the Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the reintegration of temporarily occupied territories,
Iryna Vereshchuk
, on his Telegram channel.
"
We evacuated women, children and the elderly
, there were many people with reduced mobility. Everyone was welcomed, everyone was helped," explained the Deputy Prime Minister.
According to the Ukrainian News Agency between 200,000 and 220,000 residents will have to be evacuated in the coming days.
THE DIPLOMATIC FRONT. STOLTENBERG HEARS ZELENSKY
A phone call
this morning between NATO Secretary General
Jens Stoltenberg
and Ukrainian President
Volodymyr Zelensky
.
"Good conversation with President Zelensky on the priorities of
military support
. It is essential that
NATO
and the Allies provide even more assistance to Ukraine in an even faster time frame. The first shipment of grain since the invasion of Russia and the need to fully implement the agreement sponsored by the UN and our Turkish ally, "Stoltenberg wrote on Twitter.
ANSA agency
Green light of the Chamber for the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO.
The text goes to the Senate - Politics
Meloni: 'The go-ahead from the Chamber is good news' (ANSA)
For his part, German Chancellor
Olaf Scholz
has rejected accusations that Germany has reduced its military support for Ukraine and has promised to continue providing assistance to the country.
In an interview with the Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail,
Scholz asked to stick to "the facts", according to which Germany had delivered arms and ammunition to Ukraine from the first days of Moscow's attack on Kiev.
The Chancellor stressed that this was a complete reversal of the trend with respect to "the strict policy of all German federal governments: no arms exports to crisis areas".
Scholz recalled what was provided to Ukraine: anti-tank and anti-aircraft systems, mines, cannons, tons of ammunition and non-lethal aid, then moving on to higher value systems, highlighting that Ukrainians are trained on new and more equipment. sophisticated in different locations in Germany.
"We will continue to provide this support to Ukraine for as long as necessary," he concluded.
, outgoing Ukrainian ambassador to Berlin, said he is
ready to apologize to German Chancellor
Olaf Scholz.
The leader of the Rassemblement National,
Marine Le Pen
, on the other hand, calls for the
lifting of sanctions against Russia
which, in her opinion, "are of no use at all", if not to "make Europeans suffer".
"I hope" that the sanctions against Vladimir Putin's Russia "will disappear to prevent Europe from being faced with a
blackout
, in particular, with regard to gas imports";
she declared the leader of the Rassemblement national, on the occasion of a press conference at the National Assembly in Paris.
"These sanctions - continued the candidate defeated by
Emmanuel Macron
in the French presidential elections last April - they serve absolutely nothing, except to make the European peoples and, among other things, the French people suffer ".
The
Kremlin
has confirmed that Russian President
Vladimir Putin
and Turkish President Recep
Tayyip Erdogan
will meet on Friday.
During the meeting, the two leaders will also discuss
Ukrainian
grain exports .
The ship 'Razoni', which left
Odessa yesterday
with a load of Ukrainian cereals, it will arrive in Istanbul around midnight (11 pm in Italy).
This was announced by the Turkish Ministry of Defense with a statement that the boat will subsequently be inspected by delegates from Turkey, Ukraine, Russia and the United Nations.
Following the inspection, if no problems are found, the ship will continue its voyage, the final destination of which is Tripoli in Lebanon.
This is the first boat to leave a Ukrainian port with a load of grain since the invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February.
And
Russia
has officially included the Ukrainian
Azov
regiment (former Azov battalion, before its inclusion in the Ukrainian regular armed forces) among the "
terrorist organizations
"So this was decided by the Supreme Court of Moscow, accepting a request from the Russian Attorney General, which asked for this designation.