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RUSSIA resumed its targeting of grain infrastructure in Ukraine’s southern Odessa region, local officials said today, using drones in overnight strikes on storage facilities and ports along the Danube River.
Ukraine’s economy, crunched by the war, is heavily dependent on farming. Its agricultural exports are also crucial for world supplies of wheat, barley, sunflower oil and other food that developing nations rely on.
After the Kremlin tore up an agreement brokered last summer by the UN and Turkey to ensure safe Ukraine grain exports through the Black Sea last month, Kiev has sought to reroute transport through the Danube and road and rail links into Europe.
Odessa governor Oleh Kiper said that the primary targets of Russia’s overnight drone bombardment were port terminals and grain silos, including at the ports in the Danube delta.
Air defences managed to intercept 13 drones, according to Mr Kiper.
It was the latest attack amid weeks of aerial strikes as Russia has targeted the Danube delta ports, which are only about 10 miles from the Romanian border.
