Ukraine grain deal: ship inspections have resumed, says minister

A ship being loaded with wheat at the Black Sea port of Chornomorsk, near Odesa. Kyiv had accused Russian inspectors of preventing vessels from shipping grain. Photograph: Igor Tkachenko/EPA

Inspections of ships transporting Ukrainian grain have resumed under a UN-brokered agreement, the country’s deputy prime minister Oleksandr Kubrakov has said.

Writing on Facebook on Wednesday, Kubrakov said: “Ship inspections are being resumed, despite the Russian Federation’s attempts to disrupt the agreement.”