ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine—A third shipment of food products left Ukrainian ports Sunday, as explosions near Europe’s largest nuclear power plant raised the specter of the war unleashing a nuclear catastrophe.
A convoy of four ships, carrying more than 161,000 metric tons of corn, sunflower oil and other goods, departed ports in Odessa on Sunday morning, according to Ukrainian authorities. It was the second multi-ship convoy to leave Ukraine in three days under a United Nations-backed agreement with Russia, which is aimed at alleviating a global hunger crisis amid a surge in global food prices caused in part by Russia’s assault on Ukraine.