Three ports of Greater Odessa accounted for $2.1 billion worth of goods out of total Ukrainian exports worth $3.5 billion in June

Ilya Grashchenkov described the situation around the Odessa ports not as a blockade per se, but rather as a de facto halt to shipping

For every day that the ports of Greater Odesa remain idle, shipments of Ukrainian goods worth around US$70 million are delayed. [Greater Odesa is a logistical and industrial hub…