LATEST: Ukrainian forces shot down scores of exploding drones and six cruise missiles during a pre-dawn Russian attack on the port of Odesa on Tuesday.
Associated Press
All six missiles and 25 drones were shot down by air defenses in the Odesa region and other areas in the south, though their debris and shock waves damaged some port facilities and a few residential buildings, injuring an elderly man at his home, officials said. Andriy Yermak, the head of Ukraine’s presidential office, said the Odesa attack showed that the Kremlin is ready to endanger the lives of millions of people around the world who need Ukrainian grain exports. Hunger is a growing threat in Africa, the Middle East and Asia, and high food prices have pushed more people into poverty.
The Kremlin said the agreement would be suspended until Moscow’s demands to lift restrictions on exports of Russian food and fertilizer to the world are met. The reported attack came a day after the Kremlin blamed Ukraine for striking a bridge in Crimea that links Russia to Moscow-annexed Crimea and is a key supply route for Kremlin forces in the war.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Odesa port infrastructure damaged in Russian air strikesRussia launched missile and drone strikes on southern and eastern Ukraine overnight that damaged infrastructure in the Black Sea port of Odesa, Ukrainian officials said on Tuesday.
Read more »
Why Ukrainian activists and Russian dissidents aren’t joining forcesMany Ukrainians say their problem with Russia extends far beyond the autocrat who runs the place.
Read more »
Traffic On Crimean Bridge Halted Amid Reports It Was Attacked Again By Ukrainian ForcesCiting intelligence sources, Ukrainian media reported that Ukrainian forces attacked the bridge using a surface drone.
Read more »
Russia targets Ukraine's port of Odesa and calls it payback for a strike on a key bridge to CrimeaUkraine said its forces shot down Russian drones and cruise missiles targeting the Black Sea port of Odesa before dawn Tuesday in what Moscow called “retribution” for an attack that damaged a crucial bridge to the Crimean Peninsula. The Russians first sought to wear down Ukraine’s air defenses by firing 25 exploding drones and then targeted Odesa with six Kalibr cruise missiles, the Ukrainian military’s Southern Command said.
Read more »
Russia targets key Ukraine Black Sea port of Odesa, a day after halting grain export dealUkrainian forces shot down exploding drones and six cruise missiles from a Russian attack on the port of Odesa, Ukrainian authorities said, a day after Moscow broke off a deal that had allowed Kyiv to ship vital grain supplies from the Black Sea city.
Read more »
Russia targets key Ukraine Black Sea port of Odesa, a day after halting grain export dealUkrainian forces have shot down 25 exploding drones and six cruise missiles during a pre-dawn Russian attack on the port of Odesa
Read more »