Russia attacks the commercial port of Odessa after agreeing on a safe corridor to export grain

The Ukrainian authorities have reported a Russian attack on the commercial port of Odessaa key point for the export of grain through the Black Sea.

“The enemy attacked the commercial sea port with Kalibr-class cruise missiles. Two missiles were shot down by the Ukrainian defenses, while two hit the infrastructure of the port,” Ukrainian sources reported from Odessa, according to the portal. ukrinform.

Said medium recalls, then, the key role of that port for the export of cerealsas well as the agreement reached yesterday in Istanbul with Russia in this area.

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This agreement, sponsored by Turkey and the United Nations, contemplates a maritime corridor to alleviate the food crisis caused by the Russian blockade of the Ukrainian ports of the Black Sea.

Specifically, it will allow cargo ships to export from three Ukrainian ports – Odesa, along with Pivdennyi and Chornomorsk – around 22 million tons of wheat, corn and other grains stored in silos.

ukrinform also remember that the agreement was signed in Turkey by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoiguand the Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister, Oleksandr Kubrakov, in the presence of the UN Secretary General, António Guterres.

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