Through an agreed route through the black sea, it then announces a humanitarian corridor without any kind of acknowledgement from russia, which has continued to target commercial vessels. Yet we have a cargo ship leave the Port Of Odessa this morning. It had been trapped there since before the invasion, and it continues to make its way south towards turkey. There are some in the insurance and Shipping Industry that are rightfully nervous about this because russia enjoys quite a lot of dominance on the southern ukrainian coast. It uses its vessels to blockade ukrainian ports. And yet this vessel seems to have made its way through. More could follow but there is a big if here on whether russia decides to leave the vessels alone and it is a big if because it continues to strike ukrainian ports with drone strikes. Earlier, i spoke with john allen, a retired Us Marine Corps Four Star General and former commander of the Nato International Security Assistance force, about that bbc reporting a
hello. i m caitriona perry. you are very welcome. we begin in ukraine, where the country s newly announced humanitarian corridor, allowing ships to pass through the black sea, is being put to the test for the first time. a hong kong flagged merchant ship, carrying more than 30,000 tonnes of cargo and food, successfully set sail on wednesday. the ship was just one of an estimated 60 commercial vessels trapped in ukrainian ports since the start of the war. this new corridor is meant to help free those ships. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky called the ship s movements a important step , even as kyiv reported a russian air strike damaged a grain storage facility in reni. our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse has the latest from kyiv. there are also interesting developments at sea where since the collapse of a major agreement last month that allowed ukraine to export grain
hello. i m caitriona perry. you are very welcome. we begin in ukraine, where the country s newly announced humanitarian corridor, allowing ships to pass through the black sea, is being put to the test for the first time. a hong kong flagged merchant ship, carrying more than 30,000 tonnes of cargo and food, successfully set sail on wednesday. the ship was just one of an estimated 60 commercial vessels trapped in ukrainian ports since the start of the war. this new corridor is meant to help free those ships. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky called the ship s movements a important step , even as kyiv reported a russian air strike damaged a grain storage facility in reni. 0ur ukraine correspondent james waterhouse has the latest from kyiv. there are also interesting developments at sea where since the collapse of a major agreement last month that allowed ukraine to export grain