First 8 foreign ships enter Ukraine's Danube ports to export Ukrainian grain

The Ukrainian Naval Forces shared the news.

"At the request of the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine, the Naval Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces joined the organization of ensuring the transportation of agricultural products by civilian ships through the mouth of the Bystre navigable channel of the Danube-Black Sea river. The first eight foreign ships have already arrived at the ports of Ukraine," the message reads.

The military notes that the use of the mentioned channel became possible thanks to the liberation of Zmiinyi island from the occupying Russian forces.

"The island is of strategic importance, as it allows to control the surface and partly air situation in the South of Ukraine, which was used by the occupier to block the movement of civilian vessels in the southern part of our country," added the Naval Forces.