Carrying 26,000 tons of corn, the Razoni cargo ship has left the port of Odesa bound for Lebanon, according to Turkey's defence ministry.
A UN deal to allow large stores of Ukrainian crops to be safely transported to foreign markets has seen its first ship carrying grain to leave the war-torn country.The ship is expected to reach Istanbul on TuesdayThe Sierra Leone-flagged cargo ship, Razoni, left for Lebanon, Turkey's defence ministry said.
The ministry said the ship was expected to reach Istanbul on Tuesday, where it would be inspected before being allowed to proceed. The corn will head to Lebanon, a nation in the grips of what the World Bank has described as one of the world's worst financial crises in more than 150 years. An explosion at its main port in Beirut in 2020 shattered its capital city and destroyed grain silos there,
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