As Ukrainian corn ships set off towards Turkey for inspection, Ukraine calls for the safe passage deal to extend to include other products, such as metals.
Three ships loaded with grain have left Ukrainian ports under a recently concluded deal allowing safe passage, according to the Turkish Defenсe Ministry.Ukraine has called for the grain deal to be extended to include other productsThe first grain ship to set sail from a Ukrainian port since the start of the Russian invasion departed Odesa on Monday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine on February 24, sparking the biggest conflict in Europe since World War II and causing a global energy and food crisis.Ukraine and Russia produce about one-third of global wheat and Russia is Europe's main energy supplier. The Turkish-flagged ship Polarnet, carrying 12,000 tonnes of corn, set off from Chornomorsk for the Turkish Black Sea port of Karasu.
Moscow is seeking to control the largely Russian-speaking Donbas, comprised of Luhansk and Donetsk provinces, where pro-Moscow separatists gained control of territory after the Kremlin annexed Crimea to the south in 2014.
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