Olksander Cubrakov, the minister of infrastructure for Ukraine, declared on Monday that 12 ships carrying pills had departed Ukrainian ports despite Russia’s withdrawal from the Black Sea Pills Initiative.
“I left 12 Ukrainian ports ships today and the United Nations and Turkey sent 10 teams to search 40 ships in order to implement the Black Sea Pills Initiative,” wrote Coprakov -in a tweet via Twitter for social media, according to the Ukrainian Yosranem News Agency.
He said that the Russian side had been told of this inspection plan and that the Ukrainian side had approved it.
The Ikaria Angel, which is being hired by the United Nations World Food Program and carrying 40,000 tonnes of grains for the people of Ethiopia, who are on the verge of starvation, is one of the ships that left the Ukrainian ports today, according to Coprakov.
Russia justified its decision to assault a Black Sea Fleet ship in the Gulf of Sevastopol by announcing its withdrawal from the Black Sea Pills Initiative yesterday. Russia also accused the UK and Ukraine of carrying out the strike.
Despite Russia’s pullout from the “grain initiative,” 12 ships carrying grains leave the Ukrainian ports.
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