Ukraine and Russia sign UN-backed deal to begin exporting grain from blockaded Black Sea ports

Russian advances

Russian-controlled territory

Areas where Ukraine has regained control

Ukrainian-controlled ports

Russian-controlled ports

Dnipro

Ukraine

Donbas

Yuzhny

Odesa

1

Sea of Azov

Chernomorsk

Crimea

Russia

2

Black Sea

3

Bosphorus Strait

Turkey

Istanbul

150 km

150 miles

Under the terms of the deal

1. A coalition of Turkish, Ukrainian and UN staff would monitor the loading of grain onto ships and ensure they are not carrying weapons

2. Ukrainian vessels would guide commercial vessels along safe paths through mined areas along the coast

3. Vessels would be monitored by the same coalition as they cross the Black Sea towards the Bosphorus Strait

Russian-controlled territory

Russian advances

Areas where Ukraine has regained control

Ukrainian-controlled ports

Russian-controlled ports

Dnipro

Ukraine

Donetsk

Donbas

Moldova

Yuzhny

Odesa

Chernomorsk

1

Sea of Azov

Russia

Crimea

Romania

2

Black Sea

Bulgaria

3

Bosphorus Strait

Turkey

Istanbul

100 km

100 miles

Under the terms of the deal

1

A coalition of Turkish, Ukrainian and UN staff would monitor the loading of grain onto ships and ensure they are not carrying weapons

2

Ukrainian vessels would guide commercial vessels along safe paths through mined areas along the coast

3

Vessels would be monitored by the same coalition as they cross the Black Sea towards the Bosphorus Strait