7 ships have already left Odesa ports via new corridor

According to the latest data, as of September 26, seven vessels have already left Odesa ports via the temporary humanitarian corridor. Ukraine is doing everything to guarantee the safety of the area where the vessels are in our territorial waters. This was reported by Dmytro Pletenchuk, spokesman for the Ukrainian Navy.

“According to the updated data, seven vessels have already used the new corridor. This means seven out of seven successful cases. Two entered and seven exited. Five vessels were here before the full-scale invasion. Accordingly, this process is ongoing. We are doing everything to guarantee the safety of the area where the vessels are in our territorial waters,” the spokesman said at a briefing at Ukraine Media Center Odesa.

According to Pletenchuk, the vessels then enter the territorial waters of Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey up to the Bosphorus Bay.

“This is already the territorial sea of NATO countries. And, accordingly, the targeting of this territory is the targeting of the sovereign territory of these countries. Therefore, they (Russians – Ed.) cannot dare to do this,” he said.

The Ukrainian Navy emphasized that the danger in the Black Sea today is caused by aviation and missile weapons. At the same time, the enemy is no longer bringing naval groups into the water area because they are afraid of their destruction.

“They keep them away, somewhere off the Crimean coast, closer to their Novorossiysk base. That’s why missiles, Shahids, and aviation continue to work. This is the direction that we still need to block. And, of course, we hope for new weapons, such as F-16,” Pletenchuk added.

As a reminder, on July 17, the Russian dictator’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the “grain deal” had been effectively suspended. On the same day, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that the Black Sea Initiative would cease to function on July 18. Russia is withdrawing its guarantees of safety of navigation.

According to Peskov, Russia “will immediately return to the ‘grain deal’ as soon as the agreements related to it are fulfilled.”

The Russian Defense Ministry said that all ships sailing in the Black Sea to Ukrainian ports will be considered “potential carriers of military cargo.”

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy proposed that Turkey and the UN continue the “grain initiative” in a trilateral format.

It was also reported that on September 12, the Resilient Africa vessel left the port of Chornomorsk. After that, wheat prices immediately fell around the world. On September 21, it reached the Bosporus.

Tags: Ukraine, Black Sea grain corridor