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☆ Warehouses, grain silos damaged in Russian attacks on Ukraine's Danube port
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Pavel Polityuk | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/4] A grain warehouse heavily damaged by a Russian drone attack is seen at a compound of a port on the Danube, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa region, Ukraine August 16, 2023. "Russian terrorists attacked Odesa region twice last night with attack drones," Governor Oleh Kiper said on the Telegram messaging app. "The main target is port and grain infrastructure in the south of the region." Ukraine's Air Force said that it had destroyed 13 Russia-launched drones over the Odesa and Mykolaiv regions in the south. read moreThe drone attacks destroyed buildings in the port and halted ships as they prepared to arrive there to load with Ukrainian grain in defiance of a de-facto blockade Russia reimposed in mid-July.

Persons: Oleh Kiper, Izmail, Pavel Polityuk, Lidia Kelly, Stephen Coates Organizations: Press Service, Operational Command, Ukrainian Armed Forces, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, Reuters, Ukraine's Air Force, Russia reimposed, Thomson Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Odesa region, Odesa, Russia, Mykolaiv, Constanta, Romania

☆ Russia strikes Ukraine's Danube port, sending global grain prices higher
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Pavel Polityuk | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Ukraine's defence ministry said a grain silo was damaged in the Danube port of Izmail in the Odesa region: "Ukrainian grain has the potential to feed millions of people worldwide," the ministry wrote on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter. Russian terrorists have once again attacked ports, grain, global food security." "The enemy... is trying to destroy Ukrainian grain, attacking industrial and port infrastructure. Ukrainian officials have said Moscow has hit 26 port facilities, five civilian vessels and 180,000 tonnes of grain in nine days of strikes since quitting the grain deal. Ukraine's Air Force reported that Russia also launched a drone attack on Kyiv and the surrounding region overnight.

Persons: Oleh Kiper, Kiper, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Izmail, Ukraine's, Serhiy Bratchuk, Pavel Polityuk, Jacqueline Wong, Tom Hogue, Simon Cameron, Moore, Peter Graff Organizations: REUTERS, Ukrainian Volunteer Army, United Nations, Ukraine's Air Force, Air, Thomson Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Odesa, REUTERS KYIV, Russia, Romania, Moscow, reimpose, Izmail, NATO, Ukraine's, Chicago, Constanta, Turkey, Kyiv

☆ Russia strikes Ukraine's Danube port, driving up global grain prices
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Pavel Polityuk | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

Kubrakov, writing on Facebook, said the Danube ports' infrastructure had been "devastated". "Ukrainian grain is indispensable for the world and cannot be replaced by any other country in the coming years," he wrote. "The port of Izmail suffered the most damage, including the terminal and infrastructure of the Danube Shipping Company." Russian state news agency RIA said the port and grain infrastructure hit was housing foreign mercenaries and military hardware. Seaport authority head Yuriy Lytvyn said on Facebook that repair work had already begun and the port infrastructure continued to operate.

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