It is reported by TASS with reference to his video message published in Telegram.

“I visited the port of Yuzhny, where the first ship chartered by the UN international food program left the grain terminal, which went to Ethiopia,” he said.

On August 12, the SKC in Istanbul allowed two more ships with corn and wheat, carrying a total of 63,200 tons of grain, to leave Ukrainian ports.

Earlier, Frederick Jay Kenney, the UN temporary representative to the RCC, said that the center is considering ways to reduce the time it takes to inspect ships with food from Ukrainian ports.