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Polish Prime Minister Donal Tusk welcomes his Ukrainian counterpart Denis Shmygal in Warsaw for bilateral talks over farm imports. Polish farmers have been blocking border crossings with Ukraine since last month to protest at what they say is unfair competition from goods from the war-torn country. The border blockades and grain dispute have strained ties between the neighbours, even as Poland has shown staunch support for Ukraine since the Russian invasion. IMAGES
The first grain ship to sail from Ukraine since Russia reimposed its Black Sea blockade in July crosses the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul. Ukrainian officials said the Palau-flagged Resilient Africa vessel was carrying 3,000 tonnes of wheat when it left Ukraine's Chornomorsk port on Tuesday. It was destined for Israel, according to marine traffic websites, representing the first successful Black Sea voyage since Russia pulled out of a UN-backed deal to export Ukrainian grain. IMAGES
Ukrainian grain is loaded onto the Lebanese-flagged "Brave Commander" bulk carrier in the Black Sea port of Pivdennyi, near Odesa. Destined for Ethiopia, the shipment has been specially chartered by the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) to tackle food shortages in Africa caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. IMAGES
Images shared by the Ukrainian Ministry of Infrastructure show Ukrainian grain being loaded onto the Barbados-flagged Fulmar S bulk carrier in the Black Sea port of Chornomorsk, ahead of the ship's departure for Turkey. IMAGES
President Volodymyr Zelensky visits a port in southern Ukraine to oversee grain being loaded for export onto a Turkish ship, the presidency says, following a deal with Russia brokered by the UN and Turkey. IMAGES
East Ukrainian border guards patrol the Sea of Azov off the city of Mariupol at a time of heightened military tension as the West fears an invasion of Ukraine, with tens of thousands of Russian troops deployed on the Ukrainian border. Tensions between Russia and the West have reached levels not seen since the end of the Cold War. IMAGES
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