Ukraine says second ship to sail from Odesa reaches Romania

A Liberian-flagged bulk carrier that was the second ship to sail from Odesa since Russia quit the Black Sea safe-transit deal has reached Romanian waters, said President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. 

The Singapore-operated Primus successfully navigated the temporary Black Sea corridor set up by Ukraine, Zelenskiy said on the X platform, formerly known as Twitter. 

Kyiv created the shipping lane after the grain export deal with Russia, brokered in 2022 by the UN and Turkey as a way for Ukraine to resume its shipments of grains, collapsed in July. 

Ukraine’s infrastructure minister said earlier that the Primus had been in port since Feb. 20, 2022, days before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, loaded with steel products for African countries.