Ukraine said its forces shot down Russian drones and cruise missiles targeting the Black Sea port in what Moscow called “retribution” for an attack that damaged a crucial bridge to the Crimean Peninsula. Russian cruise missiles target Odesa overnight:
Even so, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov alleged, without offering evidence, that the specific shipping lanes and routes used for the grain transport under the deal were abused by Ukraine.
“If they try to do something without Russia, these risks must be taken into account,” Peskov told reporters. “Russia’s disruption of maritime commerce since the beginning of its full-scale invasion, including blockading ports, delaying ship inspections, and, most recently, withdrawing from the Black Sea Grain Initiative, has severely choked the amount of grain Ukraine is able to provide to the world amid a global food crisis,” a USAID statement said.
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