Ukraine has a new way to get its grain to the world despite Russia’s threat in the Black Sea

By HANNA ARHIROVA and COURTNEY BONNELL
Associated Press

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Increasing numbers of ships are streaming toward Ukraine’s Black Sea ports and heading out loaded with grain, metals and other cargo despite the threat of attack and explosive mines. It’s happening under a fledgling shipping corridor launched after Russia pulled out of a U.N.-brokered agreement this summer that allowed food to flow safely from Ukraine during the war. The exports are giving a boost to Ukraine’s agriculture-dependent economy and bringing back a key source of affordable food products for developing nations where food insecurity is growing. The head of one of Ukraine’s biggest agricultural producers and exporters says he’s feeling positive about the future because two months ago “it was “completely unclear how to survive.”