The first shipment of Ukrainian grain will leave the port of Odesa at 0530 GMT Monday, the Turkish defence ministry said in a statement.
“The departure of the cargo ship Razoni flying the flag of Sierra Leone and loaded with maize will leave the port of Odesa bound for Lebanon at 08:30 (0530 GMT),” the ministry said, adding other convoys would follow “along the (maritime) corridors because the “procedures are completed”.
