The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, on Monday assessed that it is “too early” to rejoice after the resumption of the export of Ukrainian grain from the Odesa port, which was unanimously approved, writes AFP, citing News.ro.

“At the moment, it is too early to draw conclusions and forecasts,” he said in his video message. “We will wait to see how the agreement will work and whether security will really be guaranteed.”

For the first time since the beginning of the Russian invasion almost six months ago, a ship loaded with 26,000 tons of corn left Odessa on the Black Sea for the port of Tripoli in Lebanon under an international agreement overseen by the United Nations to ease the global food crisis.

“The port has started working again, exports have resumed, we can say that this is the first positive signal that we will be able to stop the global food crisis,” the Ukrainian president added.

“It is the responsibility of our partners, especially the UN and Turkey,” to guarantee these supplies, insisted the Ukrainian president. On July 22, in Istanbul, Ukraine and Russia signed an agreement with the UN and Turkey on unblocking the export of grain due to the threat of world hunger.

The two warring parties initialed two identical but separate texts at the request of the Ukrainians, who refuse to sign with the Russians. The day after the agreement was signed, Russia shelled Odesa port.