The Black Sea Grain Initiative, a UN-led food export drive run from Istanbul, could be in jeopardy after two Turkish vessels came under attack at the Port of Kherson.
Footage received from Turkish television shows a 43-year-old general cargo ship, Tuzla, on fire.
The vessel, like many other Turkish ships that have been stuck at port since the war in Ukraine began, has been unable to leave Kherson since it first arrived on February 23, two days before Russia started firing missiles into its neighbour’s territory.
The other vessel, also a general cargo ship, the Ferahnaz, is apparently close to the Tuzla and has been stranded for about the same amount of time.
An official from the Cakiroglu Shipping Company, which owns the Ferahnaz, said their vessel had been damaged by shrapnel from a missile that had struck the Tuzla.
To date, 19 cargo vessels had been damaged or destroyed since the start of the war, a source said.
