More grain ships ready to leave Ukrainian ports – Kuleba

He stated this at a joint briefing with his Estonian counterpart, Urmas Reinsalu, in Kyiv on Wednesday, August 3.

Kuleba said that as of now, the agreements reached as part of the so-called grain deal are being implemented, adding that Ukraine became the first of all parties to the deal, which was fully ready to fulfill all the points.

Kuleba added that further ships were ready for departure and they will leave the ports participating in the grain initiative, according to the agreed schedule.

“We hope that everything will work and the Russian Federation will not take any steps that would destroy these agreements, which were so difficult to achieve through the mediation of the UN and Turkey,” he said.

On August 1, for the first time since the beginning of Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine, a ship carrying more than 26,000 tonnes of Ukrainian corn left the Odesa port.