A total of 218 vessels laden with grain were blocked, Ukraine’s infrastructure ministry said on Monday, including a U.N.-chartered vessel carrying tens of thousands of tons of wheat to the Horn of Africa as part of an emergency response to hunger. Later in the morning, however, 12 ships carrying grain left Ukrainian ports, Reuters reported. The U.N. said on Sunday that it had made arrangements with Ukraine and Turkey for 14 ships in Turkish waters to move Black Sea grain on Monday.