A United Nations (UN) chartered vessel laden with grain set off from Ukraine for Africa on Tuesday following an agreement to relieve a global food crisis.
The MV Brave Commander carrying 23,000 tonnes of wheat left the Black Sea port of Pivdennyi and will sail to Djibouti "for delivery to Ethiopia", the infrastructure ministry said, reports BSS.
This is the first ship chartered by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) to leave Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion in February and the government has said it hopes two or three similar shipments will follow soon.
Kyiv and Moscow agreed a deal brokered by the UN and Turkey last month to unblock Black Sea grain deliveries after Russia's invasion.
The agreement lifted a Russian blockade of Ukraine's ports and established safe corridors through the naval mines laid by Kyiv.
Ukraine and Russia are two of the world's biggest grain exporters.
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