The first trade ship to leave Ukraine’s seaports since the collapse of a safe-corridor grain deal with Russia reached Romanian waters, according to Bloomberg ship-tracking data. The Hong Kong-flagged container ship Joseph Schulte left Odesa Wednesday. It was the first vessel to sail via a new temporary Black Sea route established by Kyiv as it seeks to reclaim control over its maritime trade.
(Bloomberg) — The first trade ship to leave Ukraine’s seaports since the collapse of a safe-corridor grain deal with Russia reached Romanian waters, according to Bloomberg ship-tracking data. The Hong Kong-flagged container ship Joseph Schulte left Odesa Wednesday. It was the first vessel to sail via a new temporary Black Sea route established by Kyiv as it seeks to reclaim control over its maritime trade.
Russia launched drone attacks in Odesa in southern Ukraine overnight, damaging warehouses and grain storage facilities at a port on the Danube river, according to Oleh Kiper, the regional governor.
A deputy Ukrainian defense minister said troops have liberated the strategically important village of Urozhayne in the south, which is on the main path of the offensive to cut off Russia’s land bridge to the Crimea region.
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