Ukraine war: Odesa region port facilities hit in Russian drone attack

A Russian drone onslaught has deed larboard facilities successful the southbound of Ukraine's Odesa region, starting fires, authorities say.

A atom silo and larboard infrastructure were damaged, authorities said, without revealing which larboard was hit.

Ukraine's aerial unit said earlier that drones were heading for the Danube river, wherever Ukraine has ports on the borderline with Nato state Romania.

Russia began targeting Ukraine's ports aft abandoning a UN atom deal.

The agreement, brokered a twelvemonth ago, had meant that Ukrainian and Russian exports could beryllium shipped safely crossed the Black Sea.

Odesa determination person Oleh Kiper said emergencies services were moving connected the tract of the latest Russian attack, and determination were nary reports of immoderate casualties. He added that further accusation would beryllium fixed by the Ukrainian military.

Ukraine's subject bid successful the southbound said aerial defences had been operating for astir 3 hours. President Volodymyr Zelensky said that "unfortunately determination has been damage", astir importantly successful confederate Ukraine.

After withdrawing from the atom deal, Russia threatened to people immoderate vessels heading towards Ukraine's Black Sea ports - de facto imposing a naval blockade.

The Danube way has grown successful value arsenic an alternative, via the Ukrainian ports of Izmail and Reni.

Last month, Russia destroyed atom retention infrastructure successful Reni, crossed the Danube from Romania.

Ukraine is 1 of the large exporters of wheat and corn, and the bulk of the shipments had been moving from the country's Black Sea ports.

Wheat prices spiked connected satellite markets instantly aft the Russian withdrawal from the atom deal.

There are present besides concerns astir planetary nutrient security, particularly for impoverished African and Asian nations.

Overnight, Russia besides launched much than 10 drones against Ukraine's superior Kyiv, section officials say.

All the projectiles were destroyed by anti-aircraft systems but respective non-residential buildings were damaged by falling debris, the officials say.

Russia has truthful acold not publically commented connected the reported attacks.