Russia struck Ukraine’s port of Odesa with missiles and drones on Tuesday, a day after pulling out of a U.N.-backed deal to let Kyiv export grain, and Ukrainian officials said Moscow was attempting to go back on the offensive in the east. | Reuters
Ukraine’s air force said six Kalibr missiles and 31 out of 36 drones, were shot down, mostly over the coastal Odesa and Mykolaiv regions in the south.
Ukraine launched a counteroffensive last month and has recaptured some villages in the south and territory around the ruined city of Bakhmut in the east, but has yet to attempt a major breakthrough across heavily defended Russian lines. Russia says it could return to the grain deal, but only if its demands are met for rules to be eased for its own exports of food and fertilizer. Western countries call that an attempt to use leverage over food supplies to force a weakening in financial sanctions, which already provide exceptions to allow Russia to sell food.
Kyiv says it is deliberately advancing slowly to avoid high casualties crossing fortified defensive lines strewn with landmines, and is focused for now on degrading Russia’s logistics and command. In recent days, Ukrainian commanders have also said they are fending off an attempt by Moscow to mount a new offensive of its own in the northeast.
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