First ship crosses Ukrainian sea corridor 

The first cargo ship to leave Ukraine since the end of the Black Sea grain initiative has reached Turkey using a temporary shipping corridor established by Kyiv, in defiance of Russia’s blockade of its ports

Hong Kong-flagged container ship Joseph Schulte had been trapped in Odesa since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in Feb 2022

MOLDOVA
Chornomorsk
UKRAINE
Kherson
Pivdennyi 
Odesa
RUSSIA 
ROMANIA
Sevastopol
Constanta
Novorossiysk
Crimea: Annexed by Russia in 2014
BLACK SEA
BULGARIA
Bosphorus Strait
Istanbul
TURKEY
 
Route of Joseph Schulte cargo ship
Uses Kyiv-backed corridor through territorial waters of Ukraine and NATO member states

Former safe transit
corridor: Agreed under Black Sea grain initiative (expired Jul 17, 2023)

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Mariupol
100km 60 miles Sea of
Azov