By KYIV. Sept 4 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Two more vessels successfully passed through our temporary grain corridor, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his microblog X (Twitter) on Saturday evening.
“Ukraine restores true freedom of navigation to the Black Sea. Freedom requires decisiveness. I thank all of our port workers and everyone who ensures the safe functioning of the corridor,” the head of state said.
Zelensky wrote that Ukraine is calling on allies “to support our effort by providing more air defense systems.”
“Together, we can protect freedom of navigation in the Black Sea and beyond,” he said.
As reported by the Ministry of Restoration, the corridor established by the navigation order of the Navy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is primarily used to evacuate ships that were in the Ukrainian ports of Chornomorsk, Odesa and Pivdenny at the time of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation. Container ship Joseph Schulte was the first to pass this way on August 16, 2023.
