Ukraine sends 19 million tons of food to Black Sea ports

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Ukraine sends 19 million tons of food to Black Sea ports

Cargo ship Super Bayern center carrying Ukrainian grain, sails at the entrance of Bosphorus, in the Black Sea off Kumkoy, north of Istanbul, on November 2, 2022.

The government-owned Ukrinform news agency reported on Tuesday that Ukraine's Black Sea ports have shipped 19 million tons of food since August under a deal on grain and fertilizer exports.

Ukraine exports about 3 million tons of grain and other agricultural products a month from its three Black Sea ports, according to the country's Deputy Agriculture Minister Markiyan Dmytrasevych.

Ukraine's ports of Odesa, Chornomorsk and Pivdenny have the capacity to supply about 6 million tons of food a month, Dmytrasevych said.

The Russian defense ministry said Tuesday that the country's forces continued to advance in the Kupyansk, Krasny Liman, Kherson, Donetsk and South Donetsk directions.

Over 195 Ukrainian soldiers were killed in the offensives, and a number of Ukrainian tanks, armored combat vehicles, ammunition depots, howitzers and artillery systems have been destroyed as a result of the offensives.

It added that Russian forces also shot down a Ukrainian Mi 8 helicopter and destroyed five drones.