Grain ship leaves port of Odesa, says Ukrainian minister

FILE PHOTO: Workers store grain at a terminal during barley harvesting in the Odesa region, Ukraine June 23, 2022. REUTERS/Igor Tkachenko

KYIV (Reuters) -A ship carrying Ukrainian grain left the port of Odesa on Monday, the first to do so as part of a deal to unblock Ukraine's Black Sea ports, said Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov.

"The first grain ship since #RussianAggression has left port. Thanks to the support of all our partner countries & @UN we were able to fully implement the agreement signed in Istanbul," he wrote on Twitter.