Ukraine Plans to Protect Black Sea Corridor With Special Convoys
- President Zelenskiy says allies will provide sea boats
- Ukrainians to defend vessels to ensure safety in the Black Sea
A bulk carrier at the grain terminal in the port of Odessa.
Photographer: Bo Amstrup/AFP/Getty Images
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President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that special convoys will accompany vessels carrying key exports from Ukraine, including foodstuffs, via the Black Sea to ensure safe passage.
Kyiv recently opened a unilateral corridor from the region to allow ships to transport commodities like grains and metals from its deep-sea ports in so-called Greater Odesa, after Moscow in July pulled out of a United Nations-backed Black Sea grain deal that had guaranteed safe movement of crop vessels.