Russian drones destroyed infrastructure at a Ukrainian Danube port on Wednesday, as Moscow targeted sites critical for grain supplies from Ukraine following the breakdown of an export agreement.
In the current wave of strikes aimed at Ukraine overnight, Kyiv was also targeted with drones from many directions, causing damage to several floors of a glass high-rise.
“The enemy attacked port facilities and industrial infrastructure of the Danube,” the Ukrainian general prosecutor’s office said in a statement.
According to the report, a grain elevator, silos, and warehouses were damaged or destroyed.
The prosecutor’s office in Izmail, where a vital Danube river port is located, had begun an investigation into the strike, according to the statement.
Despite a fire breaking out at port facilities, Odesa regional governor Oleg Kiper stated there were no reports of injuries as a result of the strike.
Since Moscow withdrew from a grain pact last month that permitted Ukraine to maintain shipments via the Black Sea despite the war, Russia has been pounding the port city of Odesa and the surrounding territory.
The agreement permitted over 33 million tonnes of grain to leave Ukrainian ports, alleviating concerns about food shortages in vulnerable countries.
With the Black Sea route effectively closed, the port of Izmail has become the primary export route for Ukrainian agricultural exports through neighboring Romania.
