Multiple grain shops had been destroyed after the Ukrainian port of Odesa was focused by a serious Russian aerial assault early Monday, in accordance with the nation’s army.
Russia “attacked the south of the country again,” the Defense Forces of the South of Ukraine stated on the messaging platform, Telegram.
Since July when Moscow pulled out of a U.N.-brokered deal permitting secure grain shipments by way of the Black Sea, Russia has ramped up assaults on Ukraine’s grain-exporting infrastructure within the southern Odesa and Mykolaiv areas.
Nataliya Gumenyuk, a spokeswoman for the Ukrainian southern army command, stated Russia was apparently “trying to test out the density of the air defense.”
“They understand that port infrastructure is a priority for our region and that it is reliably protected. However, that is why the attack that occurred tonight was both massive and by combined means,” she stated on Telegram.
The Defence Forces of the South of Ukraine stated Russia directed 19 drones and a couple of Onyx supersonic missiles at Odesa and fired 12 Kalibr cruise missiles.
The Ukrainian air power stated the Kalibrs had been launched from a ship and a submarine.
They claimed all 19 Shaheds and 11 Kalibrs had been shot down.
However, Russia “hit the port infrastructure” in Odesa, which “suffered significant damage”, the southern protection forces stated.
“Onyx missiles destroyed granaries. But people were not hurt,” they stated.
Warehouses and a non-public home within the Odesa suburbs had been broken and caught fireplace, they added, “as a result of falling debris.”
Gumenyuk stated one of many grain shops hit was empty.
“Nevertheless, hitting grain deal-related infrastructure”, she stated, was a Russian “priority.”
Odesa regional Gov. Oleg Kiper stated on Telegram that one girl in Odesa, a civilian, was injured by shrapnel “in a blast wave” and was being handled in hospital.
Grain shipments
Ukraine is testing a brand new Black Sea route that avoids worldwide waters and makes use of these managed by NATO members Bulgaria and Romania, with the primary two grain shipments reaching Türkiye in current days.
Russia and Ukraine are two main agricultural powers whose provides are essential for international meals safety.
Moscow’s invasion of its neighbor in February final 12 months – and subsequent worldwide sanctions – have destabilized international provides and markets.
Elsewhere in a single day within the south of Ukraine, Kherson regional Gov. Oleksandr Prokudin stated that Russia shelled Kherson, damaging an academic establishment, whereas strikes focused close by Olgivka and Lvove.
“Information about the victims and destruction is being clarified,” he stated on Telegram.
Sergiy Lysak, governor of the east-central Dnipropetrovsk area, stated falling particles from a downed drone brought about a fireplace at an industrial enterprise in Kryvyi Rig, the hometown of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Pokrovska and Myrivska communities had been hit with “heavy artillery,” he added, however with out inflicting deaths or accidents.
‘Ukrainian drones downed’
Meanwhile. Russia’s Defense Ministry stated its air defenses had “destroyed” 4 unmanned aerial automobiles (UAVs) over the northwestern Black Sea, and the Crimean peninsula which Moscow annexed in 2014.
It stated two drones every had been intercepted in Kursk and Bryansk, two areas bordering Ukraine.
Kursk regional Gov. Roman Starovoyt stated a number of properties and the roof of an administrative constructing had been broken “due to an attack by Ukrainian UAVs” within the central district.
No casualties had been reported.
Bryansk regional governor Aleksandr Bogomaz stated there have been “no casualties or damage” within the area.
Source: www.dailysabah.com