Ukraine Secures Grain Export through Croatian Adriatic Ports

PeopleDiplomats ♦ Published: August 1, 2023; 14:18 ♦ (Vindobona)

Ukraine has reached an agreement with Croatia to export grain through ports on the Adriatic Sea. The agricultural goods are to be shipped to Croatia via the Danube and from there they will be transported further to the Adriatic coast.

Ukrainian grain will be exported through Croatian ports such as the port in Rijeka. / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons; Roberta F., CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en)

The agreement comes at a time when Russia is blocking Ukraine's exports in the Black Sea. In mid-July, Moscow terminated the agreement to ship grain, mediated by the United Nations and Turkey, and attacked Ukrainian seaports around Odesa and Danube ports with missiles and drones. Reports indicate that 180,000 tons of grain were destroyed in the process,