Key facilities for the delivery of grain, silos and grain warehouses in one of the river ports on the Danube, were damaged by Russian airstrikes in the south of Ukraine. There were no casualties in the attack, and Ukrainian officials have not yet announced whether the attacked port is still operational.
The AP agency published a photo of the regional administrative center in Odesa, which shows a grain warehouse in the Danube port near this port city, destroyed after a Russian drone attack that took place last night.
"Russian terrorists attacked the Odesa region twice with drones last night," Governor Oleh Kiper said on the Telegram messaging app, noting that "the main target of the Russian attacks was the port and grain infrastructure in the south of the region."
The Air Force of Ukraine announced that it destroyed 13 Russian drones over Odesa and Mykolaiv regions. Photos released by the governor show the destroyed metal walls of the warehouse and piles of scattered grain and sunflowers.
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Odesa, as Ukraine's largest port and naval base, was the target of Russian attacks several times, and a large number of underwater mines were placed in the sea.
Due to security reasons, the coast was closed to the public, but a few days ago the beaches were open. The decision to open the beaches was jointly made by the leaders of the city's civil and military administration, reports Nova.rs.
Swimming on these beaches is not allowed during the air raid alert.
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Earlier this month, Russia attacked Izmail - Ukraine's main port inland, sending global food prices soaring as Moscow stepped up its use of force to prevent Ukraine from exporting grain.
About a quarter of Ukraine's grain exports went through the port on the Danube before Russia withdrew from the grain agreement on July 17.
Earlier, the Ambassador of Ukraine to Serbia, Volodymyr Tolkach, stated that Russia's withdrawal from the grain agreement will significantly affect global food supplies and prices, and pointed out that the damage was not only caused by the termination of participation in the Black Sea Agreement, but was deepened by the bombing of Odessa, where there are three ports from which grain is exported.
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