 More than 35 grain ships waited at anchor off the Istanbul coast on April 18 after Ukraine denied that Russian inspectors had restarted inspections under the Black Sea deal. Drone footage showed ships near Istanbul as the United Nations data put the number of vessels waiting to more than 35. Russia's RIA news agency reported earlier on Tuesday that inspections of ships moving grain from Ukraine had restarted, citing a senior Russian foreign ministry official. The senior Ukrainian official, who asked not to be identified, told Reuters, nothing has been resolved. There are no inspections. On Monday, April 17, Kiev set a UN-brokered initiative allowing the safe Black Sea export of Ukrainian grain was in danger of shutdown after Russia blocked inspections of participating ships in Turkish waters.