First grain ship departs from Ukraine; Putin says navy will be armed with Zircon hypersonic missiles
The Sierra Leone-flagged ship Razoni, which is loaded with corn, will head to Lebanon, Turkey's Defense Ministry said, according to a Reuters translation of a statement"As a result of the intense work the Joint Coordination Center in Istanbul and talks by Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, the ministers and relevant parties: It has been agreed that Sierra- Leone flagged and corn loaded Razoni dry cargo ship will leave Odesa port on 1 August 0830 am for Lebanon.
The deal aims to allow safe passage for grain shipments in and out of the ports of Chornomorsk, Odesa and Pivdennyi. More ships are expected to leave Ukraine in the coming days.One of Ukraine's richest men, the agricultural tycoon Oleksiy Vadatursky, and his wife Raisa died during Russian shelling of the southern city of Mykolaiv this weekend.
Vadatursky, founder and owner of agriculture company Nibulon, and his wife were killed in their home, Mykolaiv Governor Vitaliy Kim said on Telegram. Zelenskyy went on to thank Mykolaiv residents for "their indomitability and for protecting the city and the region," as well as other southern cities that have faced intense shelling in recent weeks.
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