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02 August 2022
In a phone conversation with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, President Volodymyr Zelensky stated the need for Ukraine to quickly obtain more heavy weapons in order to successfully repulse Russian attacks and launch a counteroffensive.
Currently, fifteen vessels loaded with grain are technically ready to depart from Ukrainian ports, and two more vessels are being finalized.
01 August 2022
Turkey’s National Defense Ministry has shown the Joint Coordination Center monitoring ‘grain corridors’ in Istanbul.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky believes it is too early to draw any conclusions and predict further events regarding the Ukrainian grain export initiative, and there cannot be any illusions that Russia will refrain from making attempts to disrupt Ukraine’s exports.
The power of the democratic world – the international partners who supply modern and effective weapons to Ukraine – is well felt on the country’s battlefield these weeks.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and President of France Emmanuel Macron agreed to coordinate further actions on the provision of security assistance to Ukraine by partners.
British Ambassador to Ukraine Melinda Simmons has called on Russia to adhere to the grain deal and stop burning and appropriating Ukrainian grain.
The US Embassy in Ukraine has welcomed the departure from the Odesa port of the first ship loaded with unblocked Ukrainian grain.
First ship loaded with Ukrainian grain leaves Odesa port
On Monday, August 1, the ship carrying Ukrainian grain departed the port of Odesa for the first time in the past five months.
The export of grain from Ukrainian seaports must be ensured by a military component.
The possibility of the first grain carrier leaving one of Ukraine's ports on Monday is high.
First grain ship set to leave Ukraine on Monday
31 July 2022
Egypt will conclude a new contract with Ukraine for the supply of grain as the Ukrainian side was unable to fulfill its contractual obligations in March-April due to Russia’s blockade of ports.
As a result of an enemy shelling, CEO of Nibulon, a major Ukrainian agricultural holding, Oleksiy Vadaturskyi, was killed along with his wife.
The first caravan consisting of 16 vessels will depart from the Ukrainian ports in the near future. The first ship is expected to enter Turkey’s territorial waters as early as August 3 before moving on to Africa.
Ukraine tries to prevent global food crisis while Russia is blackmailing the world with hunger.
A Syrian ship carrying stolen Ukrainian grain was seized in Lebanon.
30 July 2022
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has said the Netherlands will not stop providing military aid to Ukraine.
Two enemy warships carrying Kalibr cruise missiles remain on combat duty in the Black Sea on Saturday, July 30.
The Ukrainian diplomats brought the information about the Russian attack on Olenivka to the highest international level, and therefore Russia will not be able to lie to anyone.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on July 29 and then had a conversation with Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba.
29 July 2022
Further bloody and shameful pages are added to the list of Russian war crimes, committed in Ukraine, daily, if not hourly.
Seventeen vessels have been loaded in “Odesa” and “Chornomorsk” ports, ten of which are ready to leave.
G7 ambassadors and President Zelensky discussed Ukraine's military and economic needs in the war with Russia and pointed out the continuation of reforms.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and United States Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget A. Brink have travelled to Odesa and discussed Ukraine’s critical military and economic needs.
In the coming days, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will announce a tender to purchase temporary storage equipment intended for the newly-harvested grain. Farmers from 20 regions of Ukraine will gain access to such equipment.
Ukraine is ready for grain shipments and is awaiting signals from the partners to start.
The ambassadors of the Group of Seven (G7) countries and Turkey have arrived in Odesa to reiterate the importance of implementing the agreement to allow the resumption of Ukrainian food exports.
On July 27, a Syrian ship, loaded in Feodosia with barley taken from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, entered the Lebanese port of Tripoli.