Three ships loaded with 61,000 tons of agricultural products left the ports of Greater Odesa for countries in Asia and Europe under the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which established a humanitarian maritime corridor to allow ships to export grain and other foodstuffs from Ukraine, on 29 November.

The Ukrainian Ministry of Infrastructure announced this in a statement, the CFTS portal reports.

According to the statement, 23 vessels are currently being processed in the ports of Greater Odesa. They are being loaded with 856,000 tons of Ukrainian agricultural products.

"Three vessels are traveling through the grain corridor to load 85,500 tons of agricultural products," the statement said.

In total, 504 vessels loaded with 12.27 million tons of Ukrainian agricultural products have left the ports of Greater Odesa for countries in Asia, Europe, and Africa since 1 August.