First grain shipment leaves Ukraine

The first ship loaded with grain has left a Ukrainian port for foreign markets under a safe passage deal brokered by the UN and Turkey


M/V Razoni cargo ship departing Odesa, Aug 1


Kiev
UKRAINE
RUSSIA


Ports included in safe passage deal 
Territory under Russian control

MOLDOVA
ROMANIA
Pivdennyi
Odesa
Chornomorsk
BLACK SEA
UKRAINE
Mykolaiv 
Olvia
River Dnieper
Kherson
Skadovsk

CRIMEA 
Annexed by Russia in 2014

50km 30 miles


Ukraine’s top grain ports*

Chornomorsk 
26%

Pivdennyi 
18%

Odesa: 13%

Mykolaiv 
22%

Olvia: 13%

Others: 8% 


*Share of grain handling in 2020-21 season, before Russian invasion


Sources: Bloomberg, ISW, Reuters 
Picture: Twitter 
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