KYIV -Ukraine has exported about 13 million tons of merchandise on some 400 ships since setting up a protected maritime corridor in August to fend off Russian threats, a government minister said Saturday. While Ukraine had few military achievements on land in 2023, on the Black Sea it has pushed Russia's much larger navy away from its coasts, allowing the resumption of grain exports. Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said he was "grateful" to Ukraine's international partners "for ensuring the operation of the Corridor in conditions of military aggression". The corridor was created in August to link Ukraine's ports to the Bosphorus Straits, several weeks after Moscow ref...Keep on reading: Ukraine says 13 million tons of goods exported via Black Sea corridor