The Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine confirmed the departure of the first ship with grain from the Odessa port

According to RIA Novosti, he wrote about this in his social networks.

“The first ship with Ukrainian food left the port of Odessa,” he said.

The Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine reported that the first ship with 26 thousand tons of corn is heading to Lebanon.

Earlier, the Turkish Ministry of Defense announced that the first ship with grain would leave the port of Ukraine at 08:30 Moscow time on August 1.

It was specified that the ship Razoni under the flag of Sierra Leone, loaded with corn, would head to Lebanon.