Two bulk carrier civilian ships have agreed to enter the port of Chornomorsk on the Black Sea and load up nearly 20,000 tons of grain for African and Asian countries, Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov reported on his Facebook page on Sept. 16.
Explosions rang out in occupied Yevpatoria, Crimea, on the morning of 14 September. The Russian Defence Ministry reported a drone attack on Crimea and an attempt to attack the Black Sea Fleet patrol ship Sergei Kotov by unmanned surface vessels (USV).
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called for Russia not to be "marginalised" in negotiations on the resumption of Ukrainian grain exports through the Black Sea. Source: a statement by Erdoğan, quoted by AFP and reported by European Pravda Details: "No process that marginalises Russia on the Black Sea Grain Initiative will be viable," Erdoğan told journalists after the G20 summit in New Delhi.
The Russian Ministry of Defence has claimed that Russian forces have downed eight drones over the Black Sea and destroyed three small gunboats that had supposedly attacked occupied Crimea. Source: Russian Ministry of Defence Quote: "An attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using UAVs against targets in the Russian Federation was intercepted on the night of 9-10 September.