Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday (July 29) his country was ready to start grain shipments from the Black sea ports and was awaiting a signal from the United Nations and Turkey to start the shipments, Reuters reports.
Zelenskiy's office said the president had visited the Black Sea port of Chornomorsk, which has been blockaded by Russia, to oversee preparations for the shipments under a U.N.-brokered agreement signed in Turkey last week.
"Our side is fully prepared. We sent all the signals to our partners - the U.N. and Turkey, and our military guarantees the security situation," it quoted him as saying.
"The infrastructure minister is in direct contact with the Turkish side and the U.N. We are waiting for a signal from them that we can start."
