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30 July 2022
The Ukrainian diplomats brought the information about the Russian attack on Olenivka to the highest international level, and therefore Russia will not be able to lie to anyone.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on July 29 and then had a conversation with Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba.
29 July 2022
Further bloody and shameful pages are added to the list of Russian war crimes, committed in Ukraine, daily, if not hourly.
Seventeen vessels have been loaded in “Odesa” and “Chornomorsk” ports, ten of which are ready to leave.
G7 ambassadors and President Zelensky discussed Ukraine's military and economic needs in the war with Russia and pointed out the continuation of reforms.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and United States Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget A. Brink have travelled to Odesa and discussed Ukraine’s critical military and economic needs.
In the coming days, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will announce a tender to purchase temporary storage equipment intended for the newly-harvested grain. Farmers from 20 regions of Ukraine will gain access to such equipment.
Ukraine is ready for grain shipments and is awaiting signals from the partners to start.
The ambassadors of the Group of Seven (G7) countries and Turkey have arrived in Odesa to reiterate the importance of implementing the agreement to allow the resumption of Ukrainian food exports.
On July 27, a Syrian ship, loaded in Feodosia with barley taken from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, entered the Lebanese port of Tripoli.
28 July 2022
India, the world’s biggest edible oil importer, is expected to receive its first shipments of sunflower oil from Ukraine in September after a five-month gap.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has discussed defense cooperation and financial support from the EU with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte.
27 July 2022
Exports of agricultural products through the Danube ports will come to 1.3 million tonnes in July, according to Ukraine’s Minister of Infrastructure Oleksandr Kubrakov.
In recent years, Ukraine was among the TOP-5 largest suppliers of organic products to the EU. By 2030, it is planned to increase the export of organic foods to $1 billion.
The Joint Coordination Center, which will take care of the export of grain and other foodstuffs from the ports of Ukraine through the Black Sea, has opened officially in Istanbul.
Ukraine will supply agricultural products to foreign markets via alternative routes if Russia continues shelling the port infrastructure.
The Ukrainian Black Sea ports of Odesa, Chornomorsk and Pivdennyi have reopened after an agreement was signed in Istanbul to resume grain exports from Ukraine.
26 July 2022
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has lifted a ban on the export of rye and mineral fertilizers.
The Kremlin has decided that the time has come for “peace talks” and is “complaining” about the tragic history of Ukrainians.
Agrarians of the Odesa region have harvested 2 million tonnes of grain and leguminous crops to date.
The latest missile strike on the Odesa port repeats the scenario Russia earlier employed in Syria where they shelled humanitarian shipments.
Russian troops have attacked Odesa Region with strategic aircraft.
25 July 2022
The resumption of Ukraine’s grain exports will begin from the port of Chornomorsk.
On 14:00, the Ukraine-Ukrinform Media Center is hosting a briefing on the topic: "Safe transportation of grain and food through the sea ports of Ukraine."
The unblocking of the Odesa port for the export of Ukrainian grain and the opening of the so-called "grain corridor" for food exports despite the latest Russian shelling of port infrastructure do not involve the complete demining of the harbor water area. Pilots will navigate grain carriers out of the three designated ports through narrow fairways.
24 July 2022
The United Nations has assured the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine that the unofficial comment of an "unnamed source," published by The New York Times, does not reflect the position of the organization regarding the Russian missile attack on the port of Odesa.
Russia’s State Duma member Yevgeniy Popov and Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Maria Zakharova acknowledged the strikes on the Odesa port, naming different targets though. Popov said Russians had been targeting Harpoon missiles, Zakharova – a military boat.
After the Russian missile attack on Odesa on July 23, Defense Minister of Türkiye Hulusi Akar had a conversation with Defense Minister of Ukraine Oleksii Reznikov and Infrastructure Minister of Ukraine Oleksandr Kubrakov. According to Akar, he also had a phone call with Russia on this issue.
The United States has strongly condemned Russia’s missile strike on the port of Odesa, following the signing of the agreement to allow Ukrainian grain exports.
23 July 2022
The ports of Odesa, Chornomorsk, and Pivdenny are being prepared for the export of Ukrainian grain. The vessels will navigate to and from these ports in a caravan formation.