Ukraine exports 1.3 million tons of cargo via Black Sea corridor; 306,000 consumers without electricity

The blockade of Ukrainian ports has raised concerns about soaring food prices and food shortages in vulnerable countries.

Ukraine has established a corridor from its Black Sea ports to the Bosphorus Strait just weeks after a deal allowing Kiev to safely export grain to world markets was not renewed. (Source: Getty Images)

Ukraine said on October 27 that it has exported 1.3 million tonnes of products since establishing a Black Sea corridor in August, despite concerns about security and safety for ships passing through the corridor.

“A total of 62 ships used this corridor, 37 of which exported more than 1.3 million tons of Ukrainian agricultural products and other goods,” Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov wrote on the X social network.

Four ships are heading to the Bosphorus Strait and 11 others have entered the port of Odessa to load cargo, Mr. Kubrakov added.

Ukraine has established a corridor from its Black Sea ports to the Bosphorus Strait just weeks after a deal allowing Kiev to safely export grain to world markets was not renewed.

The deal, brokered by Türkiye and the United Nations last year, is aimed at ensuring food security, especially for the poorest countries. The blockade of Ukrainian ports during the conflict has raised fears of soaring food prices and food shortages in vulnerable countries.

In another development, the Ukrainian Ministry of Energy said that more than 300,000 households in 14 provinces of Ukraine were without electricity due to bad weather.

Specifically, 1,045 residential areas in the Vinnytsia, Volyn, Dnepropetrovsk, Zhytomyr, Transcarpathian, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kiev, Lvov, Rivne, Ternopil, Khmelnytsky, Chernivtsi and Chernihiv provinces of Ukraine have now been cut off from electricity.

“In total, 306,000 consumers are without electricity,” the notice said.

The longest blackout was in Khmelnitsky Oblast in western Ukraine, where at least 400 settlements were reported without electricity.

Source: https://baoquocte.vn/ukraine-xuat-khau-13-trieu-tan-hang-qua-hanh-lang-tren-bien-den-306000-nguoi-tieu-dung-khong-co-dien-247885.html