Grain ship from Ukraine docks in Turkey, nuke plant shelled

By MEHMET GUZEL and ANDREW WILKS
Associated Press

DERINCE, Turkey (AP) — The first of the cargo ships to leave Ukraine under a deal to unblock grain supplies and stave off a potential global food crisis arrived at its destination in Turkey. The Turkey-flagged Polarnet docked at Derince port in the Gulf of Izmit on Monday after setting off from Chornomorsk on Aug. 5 laden with 12,000 tons of corn. The first ship to depart Ukraine Aug. 1, the Sierra Leone-flagged Razoni, still hasn’t reached its destination in Lebanon. Meanwhile, Russia again accused Ukraine of shelling Europe’s largest nuclear power station. A Ukrainian intelligence official blamed Russia for the plant’s shelling and of planting explosives there to head off a Ukrainian counteroffensive.