# Turkey says five more grain ships leave Ukrainian ports
Author:  Pal Sinha, Barnali 
Author URL: https://financedigest.com/author/pal-sinha-barnali
Published: 2022-08-16
Category: NEWS
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Meta Title: Ukraine grain export deal: More ships leave ports for Turkey
Meta Description: Turkey announces that five more ships are en route from Ukrainian ports, including one carrying humanitarian food aid to Africa, amid a grain export agreement
URL: https://financedigest.com/turkey-says-five-more-grain-ships-leave-ukrainian-portshtml

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ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Five more ships have left Ukrainian ports carrying corn and wheat, three from Chornomorsk and two from Pivdennyi, under a U.N.-brokered grain export deal, Turkey’s defence ministry said on Tuesday.

It added that four more ships bound for Ukraine were to be inspected on Tuesday by the joint co-ordination centre, set up by Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and the United Nations in Istanbul.

One of the ships leaving on Tuesday was the Brave Commander, carrying the first cargo of humanitarian [food aid bound for Africa from Ukraine since Russia’s](https://www.financedigest.com/eu-calls-for-russia-dialogue-to-unlock-ukraine-food-exports.html "EU calls for Russia dialogue to unlock Ukraine food exports") invasion, Refinitiv Eikon data showed.

(Reporting by Daren Butler; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)


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