Explosion reported at grain elevator in port of Derince in Turkiye
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On Monday, August 7, a powerful explosion occurred near the large Turkish commercial port of Derince in the Marmara Sea.
Rubryka reports, referring to CNN Turk, that according to initial reports, the explosion occurred at 14:40 local time. According to eyewitnesses, the blast occurred at one of the wheat elevators during the unloading of grain onto the ship.
The explosion occurred near the port in Derince, Turkiye. This port is located 95 km east of Istanbul. At least ten people were injured due to the explosion, and some were hospitalized. Fire and rescue, medical and sanitary, and police brigades were sent to the area of the incident.
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"We were worried that there was an earthquake, which was accompanied by a loud noise, and then we learned that there was an explosion. The incident occurred entirely within a radius of 25 meters. The incident is serious but localized. The wheat is being unloaded with excavators. They are checking whether anyone is underground or not. There are about 40 silos here, 2 of them exploded," said the city's mayor Zeki Aygün.
It should be noted that there is currently no official information on the cause of the explosion.
Russia's withdrawal from the grain agreement
On July 17, the Kremlin refused to extend its participation in the Black Sea Grain Initiative." The press secretary of the Russian dictator Dmitry Peskov said that the agreements regarding the "grain initiative" have been terminated.
After that, the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, offered Turkiye and the UN to continue the grain initiative in a tripartite format. The state is considering transporting food through the territorial waters of Romania and Bulgaria.
On July 19, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation threatened that any countries under whose flags ships would be sent to Ukrainian ports would be considered involved in the war.
Russia began to threaten civilian ships transporting food from Ukrainian ports openly. Recently, the Kremlin has turned the Black Sea into a danger zone.
In turn, Ukraine promised to respond to Russia's threats to sink ships. Later, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin tried to bribe Africa and promised some countries free grain.
