Ukraine restores grain exports

Apr 20, 2023

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Ukraine restores grain exports

Kyiv [Ukraine], April 20: On the same day, the Joint Coordination Center (JCC) said that the inspection of ships in the Bosphorus Strait had resumed after two days of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. Meanwhile, Ukraine and Poland have reached an agreement to lift the barricade of grain in transit, but import bans remain in place in Poland, Slovakia and Hungary.
Regarding the hostilities, CNN reported that the Ukrainian military yesterday said that the Russian side carried out 60 airstrikes, while fierce fighting continued in eastern Ukraine, especially in Bakhmut .
Elsewhere, Russian news sites Mash and SHOT reported that Ukraine appeared to use a US-made Switchblade suicide drone to strike in Russia's Belgorod region, but without causing damage. In Crimea, Russia said it had foiled a plot to sabotage the peninsula's energy systems and arrested a Russian citizen and a Ukrainian citizen. Kyiv has yet to comment.
Source: ThanhNien Newspaper