Over 17M tonnes of grain exported from Ukraine under Istanbul deal

More than 17 million tonnes of grain have been carried via the Black Sea grain corridor Türkiye helped broker last year in a bid to avert a potential food crisis amid the Russia-Ukraine war, said an official statement.

“The shipment of grain from Ukrainian ports continues safely as planned,” the Turkish National Defence Ministry said on Saturday.

So far, at least 643 grain-loaded ships left Ukrainian ports, the statement added.