Ukraine hopes first grain shipment under U.N-brokered deal will be this week

By Reuters | Updated: Jul 25, 2022, 05.37 PM IST

U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres delivers a speech during a signing ceremony at Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, July 22, 2022. U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan were due on Friday to oversee the signing of a key agreement that would allow Ukraine to resume its shipment of grain from the Black Sea to world markets and for Russia to export grain and fertilizers, ending a standoff that has threatened world food security. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Ukraine said on Monday it hoped a U.N.-brokered deal aimed at easing global food shortages by resuming grain exports from the Black Sea region would start being implemented this week.

A senior government officials told a news conference he hoped the first grain shipment under the deal would be from the port of Chornomorsk on Wednesday.

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