Russia Ukraine War: Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry had said that all ships leaving for Ukrainian ports on the Black Sea would be treated as potential carriers of military cargo.
- ‘Russia destroys agricultural infrastructure in Odessa’
“In addition to this coordinated effort in the Black Sea, we have already seen Russia target Ukraine’s grain export ports in Odessa with missiles and drones on July 18 and 19, resulting in damage to agricultural infrastructure,” the White House official said. And 60,000 tons of grain was destroyed.’ Moscow has claimed that its missiles targeted military objectives in Odessa.
On Wednesday, Ukraine accused Russia of damaging grain export infrastructure in night attacks centered on two of its Black Sea ports.
- Russia had announced this
Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry said that all ships leaving for Ukrainian ports on the Black Sea from midnight Moscow time (2100 GMT Wednesday) would be treated as potential carriers of military cargo and their flag states would be “considered to be involved in the Ukrainian conflict” on Kiev’s side. However, Russia did not say what it would do in such a situation.
Ukraine said on Wednesday that it was setting up a temporary shipping route through Romania, one of the neighboring Black Sea countries.
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