2023-08-27 22:34:00
The first freighter to use Ukraine’s new Black Sea shipping lanes, a container ship flying the flag of Hong Kong, left Odessa last week for Istanbul.
Ukraine announced on Sunday that a second cargo ship, which was blocked in the port of Odessa by Russia’s exit from the Black Sea export agreement, had set sail and reached Romanian territorial waters.
Kyiv unilaterally decided on the establishment of a temporary sea corridor earlier this month following Moscow left the agreement, which was aimed at guaranteeing the safety of navigation for the transport of export cargoes, including grain. , from Ukrainian ports.
“The second ship has reached Romanian waters following sailing safely through our temporary corridor,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on social media.
Tensions in the Black Sea
He added that the vessel (the Liberian-flagged bulk carrier Primus) was carrying steel for the African market. “I thank everyone who made this possible – our dockers, our fighters and all those who defend freedom,” he added.
At the same time, Russia, which had threatened when it left the agreement to henceforth consider any ship heading for Ukrainian ports as a potential target, announced that it had dispatched a combat plane to fend off a reconnaissance drone. of the United States Air Force over the Black Sea.
Moscow and kyiv have stepped up their military activities in the Black Sea since the failure of the UN-brokered export deal.
Russia shelled Ukrainian port infrastructure at sea and on the Danube, while Ukraine attacked Russian ships in its waters and in the Crimean peninsula annexed by Moscow.
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