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Zelensky: Ukraine has shipped first million tonnes of agricultural products

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Since Russia’s full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, Ukraine has shipped one million tonnes of foodstuff from its three Black Sea ports under the UN-backed grain deal, President Volodymyr Zelensky during his evening address on Aug. 26. The Black Sea Grain Initiative was signed on July 22 and the first ship left Ukraine on Aug. 1.

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