Turkey is ready to ensure unimpeded passage through the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits for grain ships sailing from Ukrainian ports. This was reported by Haber Global TV channel with reference to sources in the Turkish Ministry of National Defense.

"As far as we know, no ship has left Ukraine. But if it arrives, it will be allowed to pass through the straits," the TV channel quoted the source as saying.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="tr" dir="ltr">(Boğaz&#39;dan geçeceği iddia edilen tahıl gemisi) MSB Kaynakları: Bilgimiz doğrultusunda Ukrayna&#39;dan yola çıkan bir gemi yok. Gelirse Boğaz&#39;dan geçişine izin verilecek<a href="https://t.co/8QaDHwKxIC">https://t.co/8QaDHwKxIC</a></p>&mdash; Haber Global (@HaberGlobal) <a href="https://twitter.com/HaberGlobal/status/1692099561035100600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 17, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>