Ukraine war: Russia drone strikes cause port fire in grain-transporting facilities

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Uploaded: 2023-08-02T09:43:44.000Z
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Port infrastructure in the Odesa region was hit, the latest in a wave of attacks on areas from which much-needed grain is exported

With a blaze erupting and a grain elevator damaged, President Volodymyr Zelensky said ‘Russian terrorists have again targeted global food security’

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Rescuers work at the site of a Russian drone attack on port infrastructure in the Odesa region of Ukraine. Russia recently pulled out of a UN-Turkey brokered agreement guaranteeing safe passage to Ukrainian grain exports through the Black Sea. Photo: Ukraine’s Operational Command South via EPA-EFE

Associated Press

Published: 5:43pm, 2 Aug 2023Updated: 7:35pm, 2 Aug 2023

Russian troops hit port infrastructure in Ukraine’s Odesa region with Shahed drones overnight, the Ukrainian military reported, damaging a grain elevator and causing a fire at facilities that transport the country’s crucial grain exports.

Since leaving a deal that allowed Ukraine to export grain to world markets through the city of Odesa, Russia has hammered the country’s ports with strikes.

Since July 17, Moscow’s forces have fired dozens of drones and missiles at the port of Odesa and the region’s river ports, which are being used as alternative routes.

“The goal of the enemy was clearly the facilities of the ports and industrial infrastructure of the region,” Ukraine’s South operational command wrote in an update on Facebook. As a result of the attack, a fire broke out at industrial and port facilities, and a grain elevator was damaged.

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Drones allegedly from Ukraine hit high-rise buildings in Moscow central districts

Ukraine’s air force intercepted 23 Shahed drones over the country overnight, mostly in Odesa and Kyiv, according to a morning update.