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Ukrainian wheat bound for Africa as Russian rockets fall in Donetsk

By Associated Press

Aug. 12, 2022

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A dump track unloads grain in a granary in the village of Zghurivka, Ukraine, Tuesday, Aug. 9. A ship approached Ukraine on Friday, Aug. 12, to pick up wheat for hungry people in Ethiopia, in the first food delivery to Africa under a U.N.-brokered plan to unblock grain trapped by Russia’s war and bring relief to some of the millions worldwide on the brink of starvation.
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A harvester collects wheat in the village of Zghurivka, Ukraine, Tuesday, Aug. 9.
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Storks walk in front of harvesters in a wheat field in the village of Zghurivka, Ukraine, Tuesday, Aug. 9.
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Builders repair the roof which was destroyed by Russian attack in Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday, Aug. 12.
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American artist Trek Thunder Kelly paints sunflowers on cars which were destroyed by Russian attack in Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday, Aug. 12. Kelly came to Ukraine as a volunteer to paint cars, the destroyed Palace of Culture and school basements for the project "Flowers For Hope" which aims to provide a distraction in environments devastated by war and raise money for humanitarian aid.
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Debris is cleared next to a crater caused by a rocket strike on a house in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Friday, Aug. 12. There were no injuries reported in the strike.
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Workers clear debris next to a crater caused by a rocket strike on a house in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Friday, Aug. 12.
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A man helps clean up debris next to the crater from a rocket strike on a home in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Friday, Aug. 12.
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Nadiia Vasylivna, 70, walks by the blown out windows of her home from a rocket strike next door in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Friday, Aug. 12.
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Volodymyr Parshyn cleans up debris from a rocket strike on his son's home in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Friday, Aug. 12. "I don't know for how long Putin will terrorize us," said Parshyn.
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Russian rockets launch against Ukraine from Russia's Belgorod region is seen at dawn in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Friday, Aug. 12.
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Children watch as workers clean up after a rocket strike on a house in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Friday, Aug. 12.
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Workers clear debris next to a crater caused by a rocket strike on a house in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Friday, Aug. 12.
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An elderly worker arrives with a broom at a crater caused by a rocket strike on a house in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Friday, Aug. 12.

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