On the 27th, a center was set up in Istanbul, Turkey to monitor the safe navigation of ships, in order to solve the problem that exports of wheat and other products were stagnant from the port of Ukraine facing the Black Sea due to the blockade by the Russian army.
However, it is unclear how far the Russian army will continue to attack the area along the Black Sea coast, leading to the resumption of exports of wheat and other products.
On the 27th, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that it had destroyed four Ukrainian military command stations in Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine and attacked ammunition depots in Mykolaiv in the south and Zaporizhia in the southeast with missiles.
According to the Ukrainian Emergency Agency, a resort area about 60 km south of Odessa, a port city in the south, was hit by a Russian missile and injured one person on the 26th. The attack continues at.
Under these circumstances, in order to solve the problem of the stagnation of exports of wheat and other products from ports in southern Ukraine, a "joint coordination center" was set up in Istanbul, Turkey on the 27th to monitor the safe navigation of ships, and the opening ceremony was held. It was done.
The center was set up based on an agreement between Russia and Ukraine on the 22nd of this month with Turkey and the United Nations as intermediaries. At the ceremony, Turkey's Defense Minister Akar said, "The center will prevent the global food crisis. I have a historical and humanitarian responsibility. I believe that the efforts of the center will lead to a suspension of war. "
Following the opening of the center, the Ukrainian side announced that it had resumed operations at three ports, including Odessa, and the Ukrainian government exported some of the wheat that remained in storage as early as this week. I want to restart.
However, as Russian troops continue to attack in the Black Sea coastal area, it is unclear how far it will lead to the resumption of exports.