KYIV - Officials here said a first ship carrying Ukrainian agricultural cargo set sail Wednesday from the southern port of Odessa - despite threats by Russia to forcibly stop vessels in the Black Sea after Moscow unilaterally terminated a U.N.-sponsored agreement allowing safe passage of Ukrainian grain shipments.
Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said the container ship Joseph Schulte, flying a Hong Kong flag, left the port "and is proceeding through a temporary corridor established for civilian vessels" on its way to the Bosporus.