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The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Thursday to discuss the situation at the Ukrainian nuclear power plant in Zaporizhia, which kyiv and Moscow accuse each other of having bombed.
The first ship carrying Ukrainian grain docked at the port of Mersin, Turkey on Wednesday, according to maritime traffic tracking sites, and found a new buyer, a news site reported.
After being sentenced on Monday, journalist Marina Ovsiannikova opposed to the offensive in Ukraine, was arrested on Wednesday.
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The Razoni docks in Turkey
The first ship carrying Ukrainian grain docked at the port of Mersin, Turkey on Wednesday and found a new buyer, according to the Middle East Eye news site.
The Razoni, a freighter flying the Sierra Leonean flag, left the Ukrainian port of Odessa on the Black Sea on August 1 with 26,000 tonnes of corn, and should have docked in the port of Tripoli, Lebanon, on Sunday.
“The cargo has been sold and will be unloaded in Mersin,” Ahmed Al-Fares of the Ashram shipping agency told this site.
REUTERS/Mehmet Emin Caliskan.
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Emergency meeting of the UN Security Council
The UN Security Council is holding an emergency meeting on Thursday to discuss the situation at Ukraine's Zaporizhia nuclear power plant.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in a statement that its Director General, Rafael Grossi, would brief the Security Council "on the nuclear safety and security situation" at the plant, as well as on its "efforts to agree on an IAEA expert mission to the site as soon as possible".
Mr. Grossi described the situation at the complex as “extremely serious”.
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And welcome to this direct on the war in Ukraine, which enters its 169th day.