Europe | Lifting the blockade

Odessa’s port may soon be reopened

Turkey has helped broker a deal to resume food exports

FILE -- The port at Odesa, once the main conduit for Ukrainian grain to the world before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Feb. 17, 2022. An operation to bring grain out from Ukraine through Lithuania, with considerable political hurdles, is just one option being considered amid warnings of mass starvation around the world. (Brendan Hoffman/The New York Times)Credit: New York Times / Redux / eyevineFor further information please contact eyevinetel: +44 (0) 20 8709 8709e-mail: info@eyevine.comwww.eyevine.com
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Editor’s note (July 21st 2022): This story has been updated since Turkey’s announcement that a deal to reopen Odessa would be signed on July 22nd.

This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “When will Odessa’s port be reopened?”

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