First commercial ship since war arrives in Ukraine

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STORY: On Sunday, the Barbados-flagged general cargo ship 'Fulmar S' was seen sailing towards the Ukrainian port of Chornomorsk.

Turkish and Ukrainian authorities said the ship entered Ukrainian waters on Saturday (August 6).

Ukraine is starting to resume grain exports in an effort overseen by a Joint Coordination Centre in Istanbul where Russian, Ukrainian, Turkish and U.N. personnel are working.

The United Nations and Turkey brokered a deal after U.N. warnings of possible outbreaks of famine due to a halt in grain shipments from Ukraine. Before the invasion, Russia and Ukraine together accounted for nearly a third of global wheat exports.

Roughly 20 million tonnes of grain from last year's crops are still stuck in the country.