Turkey's Defense Ministry also announced Sunday that a coordination center was being set up in Istanbul to monitor the shipments, on the expectation that blockading Russian ships will honor last week's agreement and let the Ukrainian grain through.
Ukraine presses ahead with grain shipment despite Russian attack, minister says
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Separately, a rocket attack targeting a Turkish military base in northern Iraq's Bashiqa region killed one Turkish soldier and wounded a child in a nearby village, Turkey's Defense Ministry said.
1 killed, 12 wounded in market explosion in Iraq's capital
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