To the sound of cheering, the Razoni slipped out of its moorings on August 1 with its horn blaring — the first ship to leave the Ukrainian port of Odesa after a blockade of almost six months at the hands of the Russian navy.
“These are the sounds of a working port,” said mayor Gennadiy Trukhanov. “It’s difficult for the city to live without these sounds.”
Ships were stranded in Odesa and Ukraine’s other Black Sea ports after Russia’s invasion began in February, caught between the country’s defensive sea mines and Russia’s navy. Global food prices leapt as one of the most crucial international supply routes for grain was choked off — and Odesa, Ukraine’s most important port, was deprived of much of its livelihood.
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