“The Joint Coordination Center today authorized the departure of two ships with a cargo of 14,250 tons of grain and other food,” TASS said in a statement.

The vessel from Yuzhny port with sunflower oil on board will go to Turkey.

From Chornomorsk, a ship with sunflower oil will also go to Turkish Mersin.

Earlier, the Turkish Ministry of Defense reported that the volume of grain shipped from Ukrainian ports since August 1 as part of a food deal exceeded 1 million tons.