VIDEOS
1. 1. Ship leaves Ukraine despite threat of attack by Russia
Reuters
2.65M subscribers
Aug 16, 2023 10:30 a.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLgWVeATT98
A Hong-Kong flagged container ship set off from Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odesa, testing Russia’s threat to attack shipping, after it abandoned a deal last month allowing Ukraine to export grain.
2. Ukrainian naval drones demolish Russian fleet | Military Mind | TVP World
TVP World
409K subscribers
8-16-2023 Premiered 4:30 p.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZA0RglDlsQ
The Ukrainian armed forces have been increasingly using drones to attack Russians in the Black Sea and on the Crimean Peninsula.
ARTICLE
First civilian ship goes through Ukraine’s new humanitarian corridor – Zelenskyy
Ukrainska Pravda
Iryna Balachuk
Wednesday, 16 August 2023, 22:29
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/08/16/7415881/
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that the first civilian ship passed through Ukraine’s new humanitarian corridor on the evening of 16 August and is on its way to the Bosphorus.
SOURCE: President Zelenskyy on Twitter
QUOTE from Zelenskyy:
“Ukraine has just taken an important step towards restoring the freedom of navigation in the Black Sea. The first civilian ship has left the Odesa port and passed through Ukraine’s new humanitarian corridor. It is currently on the way to the Bosphorus.”
DETAILS:
Zelenskyy said that Ukraine earlier informed the International Maritime Organisation about setting up the new humanitarian corridor. The IMO, in turn, “reiterated Ukraine’s sovereign right to control navigation” and “urged Russia to stop threatening [Ukraine] and to abide by international conventions”.
“The sea must be safe for everyone. This is of critical importance to Ukraine and its partners. Freedom and safety of navigation are the basic principles of international relations,” Zelenskyy stressed.
BACKGROUND:
-On 16 August, the first merchant ship within the temporary corridor left the ports of Greater Odesa and headed for the Bosphorus.
-The container ship, which had been in the port of Odesa since 23 February 2022, left the Vorontsov Lighthouse and is heading for the Bosphorus. It is carrying more than 30,000 tonnes of cargo (2,114 containers), including food.