Another vessel from Ukraine arrived in Yemen, one of the most needy Arab countries, under the Grain from Ukraine food programme. The donor countries for this aid are France, Spain, and the United States.

The ship is carrying 30,000 tonnes of Ukrainian wheat.

So far, 541,700 tonnes have been delivered to poorer countries under humanitarian programmes, including 170,000 tonnes under the Grain from Ukraine programme and 371,100 tonnes under the WFP programme.

In total, 27.73 million tonnes of Ukrainian agricultural products have been shipped from Ukraine since the launch of the Grain Initiative. About 800,000 tonnes of produce, mainly wheat, went to low-income countries (Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen, etc.). Lower-middle-income countries (Bangladesh, Kenya, Lebanon, Vietnam, etc.) received 4.46 million tonnes of agricultural products, including 2.51 million tonnes of wheat and 1.16 million tonnes of corn.