Russian missiles hit Ukraine's southern port of Odesa on Saturday, the Ukrainian military said, threatening a deal signed just a day earlier to unblock grain exports from Black Sea ports and ease global food shortages caused by the war.
Firefighters work at a site of a Russian missile strike in a sea port of Odesa, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, Ukraine July 23, 2022. Press service of the Joint Forces of the South Defense/Handout via REUTERSon Saturday, the Ukrainian military said, threatening a deal signed just a day earlier to unblock grain exports from Black Sea ports and ease global food shortages caused by the war.
Turkey's defense minister said Russian officials told Ankara that Moscow had "nothing to do" with the strikes. Neither Russian defense ministry statements nor the military's evening summary mentioned missile strikes in Odesa. The ministry did not reply to a Reuters request for comment. But Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said on Facebook that "we continue technical preparations for the launch of exports of agricultural products from our ports".The strike appeared to violate Friday's deal, which would allow safe passage in and out of Ukrainian ports.
"Russia bears responsibility for deepening the global food crisis and must stop its aggression," he added. A Joint Coordination Center staffed by members of all four parties to the agreement will then monitor ships transitting the Black Sea to Turkey's Bosphorus Strait and off to world markets. All sides agreed on Friday there would be no attacks on these entities.Ukraine foreign ministry spokesperson Oleg Nikolenko said on Facebook that "the Russian missile is Vladimir Putin's spit in the face" of Guterres and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan.
The deal would restore grain shipments from the three reopened ports to pre-war levels of 5 million tonnes a month, UN officials said.
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