First ship carrying Ukrainian wheat under UN deal docks in Turkey

The first ship carrying Ukrainian wheat to be exported under a United Nations-brokered agreement arrived in Istanbul on Sunday, the Joint Coordination Center in Turkey said.

The Belize-flagged ship is the first to carry wheat from Ukraine across the Black Sea since the Russian invasion. The Sormovsky was loaded with 3,050 metric tons of wheat and left the Ukrainian port of Chornomorsk on Friday. Footage obtained by Reuters showed the ship crossing the Bosphorus Strait, docking at the port and waiting for inspection. It was the first shipment of wheat from Ukraine, which together with Russia accounted for about a third of global wheat exports before February 24, when Moscow launched what it called a "special operation" to demilitarize its neighbor. A total of 18 ships have set sail from Ukraine in the past two weeks following an agreement with Russia to resume grain exports from Ukraine's Black Sea ports, which had been halted for five months due to the war. The deal, brokered by the United Nations together with Turkey, was reached last month amid fears that Ukraine's loss of grain supplies could lead to severe food shortages and even famine outbreaks in parts of the world.

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