Ukraine presses ahead with efforts to restart grain exports from its Black Sea ports.
, with U.N. officials saying it could restore Ukrainian grain shipments to pre-war levels of 5 million tons a month.
He said Ukraine did have the capacity to export 60 million tons of grain over the next nine months, but it would take up to 24 months if its ports could not function properly.As the war entered its sixth month on Sunday there was no sign of a let-up in the fighting. “The last week has shown that the aggressor doesn’t even pretend to be firing at military targets anymore,” Ihor Terekhov wrote on Telegram on Sunday. “Use the metro system more often- as of today it is the safest way to get around.”
Russian news agencies quoted Russia’s defense ministry as saying that an Ukrainian warship and U.S. supplied anti-ship missiles were destroyed. According to the Ukrainian military, two Kalibr missiles fired from Russian warships hit the area of a pumping station at the port and two others were shot down by air defense forces.The strikes appeared to violate Friday’s deal, which would allow safe passage in and out of Ukrainian ports.
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