Shift in war’s front seen as grain leaves Ukraine

The loaded vessels were cleared to depart from Chornomorsk and Odesa, the Joint Coordination Centre said (Nina Lyashonok/AP)

Six more ships carrying agricultural cargo held up by the war in Ukraine received authorisation on Sunday to leave the country’s Black Sea coast as analysts warned that Russia was moving troops and equipment in the direction of the southern port cities to stave off a Ukrainian counteroffensive.

Ukraine and Russia also accused each other of shelling Europe’s largest nuclear power plant.