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At the end of June, Ukrainian journalists and researchers located the ships that had visited Russian ports before entering Ukrainian ports.

The US is “not actively considering” the possibility of organizing a military blockade in the Black Sea so that the Grain Agreement can continue to work without Russia.

Russia may withdraw from the Grain Agreement as early as July. Ukraine is preparing alternative export routes in the event of the closure of the “grain corridor”.

The State Service of Maritime and Inland Water Transport and Shipping of Ukraine has implemented a number of changes this year — from reforming the department itself to digitizing services for seafarers. USM spoke with the head of the Shipping Administration, Yevhenii Ignatenko, about structural changes, corruption in the industry, and the department’s future plans.

Generative artificial intelligence is already changing the world, and not only for the better. And if a student writes a thesis with the help of AI, it is one thing, but when a container ship with thousands of goods falls into the hands of cybercriminals, the scale of the problem is completely different.

The work of the Joint Coordination Center (JCC) was completely stopped on April 11: during the day, not a single vessel in the Bosphorus was inspected.

Russia once again threatens to abandon the “grain agreement” if the West does not remove “obstacles to russian exports.” Also, russia probably plans to further reduce the number of vessel inspections in the Bosphorus.

Nine years ago, the frigate “Hetman Sahaidachny” entered the Odesa port, despite the order to go to the already occupied Sevastopol. Journalist Oleksiy Mochanov told on Facebook how the events unfolded on the ship in the first days of the war.

Iran is one of russia’s loyal allies in the war with Ukraine. At the very least, this country sends kamikaze drones to russian federation, with which it attacks our cities. However, Ukraine continues to supply grain to Iran.

Workers of critical infrastructure facilities may be granted the right to travel abroad. For this, the Ministry of Economy is working on a new law on the reservation of employees.