The buyer refused Ukrainian grain on the Razoni bulk carrier. This is the first ship to leave the Ukrainian port since the start of the war.

The buyer refused Ukrainian corn, which is transported by the Razoni dry cargo ship, which was sailing from Odessa to the Lebanese port of Tripoli. This was reported by the Embassy of Ukraine in Lebanon.

The diplomatic mission tweeted a photo of Razoni and wrote that, according to the shipper, the buyer in Lebanon refused to accept the shipment, citing a more than five-month delay in delivery.

“So the shipper is now looking for another consignee. He may be in Lebanon or in another country,” the Ukrainian embassy said.

Dry cargo ship "Razoni" left the port of Odessa on August 1. It was the first ship carrying Ukrainian food to leave a Ukrainian port after the Russian invasion. The cargo ship was carrying 26,000 tons of corn to Tripoli. By August 7, he changed his original course. At the moment, the ship is in the Mediterranean off the coast of Turkey, its new destination has not yet been determined.

• After the invasion of Ukraine, Russia seized or blocked Ukrainian ports in the Black Sea, which were the main export centers for Ukrainian food before the war.
• On July 22, Russia and Ukraine, through the mediation of the UN and Turkey, agreed to resume the export of Ukrainian grain across the Black Sea - through the ports of Odessa, Chernomorsk and Yuzhny.
• At the end of July, Egypt refused contracts under which it was supposed to receive 240,000 tons of grain from Ukraine. This happened after visited Egypt. Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov