Ukraine shipped 9.2 million metric tons of grain through Constanta in the first eight months, the port authority told Reuters, with the pace slowing as attacks intensified. In the annexed Crimea, the Russian Defense Ministry reported downing six Ukrainian drones in the early hours of Sunday.Ukraine has already exported more grain via Romania’s Black Sea port of Constanta than it did in 2022 though volumes have fallen recently as Russian attacks on its Danube river ports prompt Ukrainian exporters to turn to road and rail routes. A drone also fell on a logistics facility in the Tula region south of Moscow, local authorities said. Andrei Klychkov said, igniting a fire that was quickly put out. Another one hit a fuel tank in the neighboring Oryol region, Oryol Gov. A third drone was intercepted over the Voronezh region that borders Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry said. Two drones were downed overnight in the Moscow region that surrounds the Russian capital, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said. Russian authorities on Sunday reported that Ukrainian drones targeted the annexed Crimean peninsula and a number of Russian regions overnight and in the morning. It also potentially allows Ukrainians a better view into Russian logistic lines. The commanding heights of the village offers a view into the Russian-occupied town of Bakhmut and opens up new opportunities for Ukrainian forces to encircle the town. Gaining Klischiivka signifies an important tactical victory for Ukrainian forces. There was no immediate comment from Russian officials on the recapture. The village lies south of the Russian-held city of Bakhmut in the eastern Donetsk region, and its recapture comes days after Ukrainian forces said they liberated the nearby village of Andriivka. Ukraine’s military said Sunday it captured the village of Klishchiivka from Russian troops after months of fierce fighting. All drones and six missiles were downed, while the rest hit an agricultural facility in the Odesa region. Russian forces fired 10 cruise missiles and six Iranian-made Shahed drones, the statement said. On Sunday, Ukraine’s Air Force Command reported another attack overnight in which the Odesa region was the main target. Some European countries have balked at the consequential local grain prices, and the Danube ports can’t handle the same volume as seaports.Īfter tearing up the grain deal, Russia intensified attacks on the southern Odesa region, targeting its port infrastructure and grain silos with missiles and drones. But transport costs that way are much higher. Since then, Kyiv has sought to reroute transport through the Danube River, and road and rail links into Europe. But Russia withdrew from the deal on July 17, with Kremlin officials arguing their demands for the facilitation of Russian food and fertilizer shipments had not been met.įollowing the withdrawal, the Russian Defense Ministry said it would regard any vessels in the Black Sea headed to Ukrainian ports as military targets. Oleksandr Kubrakov, Ukraine’s deputy prime minister, said in an online statement Saturday that the two ships will be delivering some 20,000 tons of wheat to countries in Africa and Asia.įor months, Ukraine, whose economy is heavily dependent on farming, was able to safely export its grain from Black Sea ports under a deal brokered by the United Nations and Turkey to ensure safe shipments. The vessels are the first civilian cargo ships to reach one of the Odesa ports since Russia exited the grain deal. Two Palau-flagged bulk carriers, Aroyat and Resilient Africa, docked Saturday at the seaport of Chornomorsk in the southern Odesa region, according to an online statement by the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority. KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Two cargo ships arrived in one of Ukraine’s ports over the weekend, using a temporary Black Sea corridor established by Kyiv following Russia’s withdrawal from a wartime agreement designed to ensure safe grain exports from the invaded country’s ports.
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