Ukrainian president says attack shows Moscow can’t be trusted to implement deal to unblock exports agreed less than a day before
says and promises, it will find ways not to implement it,” he said during a meeting with US lawmakers, according to a statement from the presidency.
US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, said in a statement that “this attack casts serious doubt on the credibility of Russia’s commitment to yesterday’s deal”. Turkey’s defence minister said Russian officials told Ankara that Moscow had “nothing to do” with the strikes. Neither Russian defence ministry statements nor the military’s evening summary mentioned missile strikes in Odesa. The ministry did not reply to a Reuters request for comment.Photograph: Odesa City Hall Press Office Han/EPA
But the infrastructure minister, Oleksandr Kubrakov, said on Facebook that “we continue technical preparations for the launch of exports of agricultural products from our ports”. The attack was one of a series of Russian strikes across Ukraine, with the city of Kropyvnytskyi hit by 13 missiles on Saturday morning. The local governor, Andriy Raikovych, said at least one serviceman and two guards were killed, while 13 other people were wounded in Kropyvnytskyi.
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