Special envoy to Odessa, Chornomorsk and Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi
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With his little broom with thick bristles, Vitaly cleans the few handfuls of corn lying around the wheels of his truck, already loaded to the brim.
In the middle of a sunny weekend afternoon, his vehicle is parked in the parking lot of the port of Chornomorsk, south of Odessa.
From there, we can see several pencils rising towards the sky, the cereal silos installed inside the port enclosure.
In times of war, access is strictly forbidden to any outside person.
Vitaly arrived here the day before at noon.
He spent the afternoon there, then most of the day, the time to complete the formalities and load his vehicle.
Now he can't wait to leave, climbs into his cabin decorated with a small Ukrainian flag.
Direction the small port of Izmaïl, located on the Danube river, 270 kilometers further, that is to say five to six hours of road by the damaged roadways of Ukraine, crisscrossed with checkpoints...
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