Governor of the Odesa region reported that a nighttime Russian airstrike on the important Ukrainian grain exporting port of Izmail hurt two people and damaged infrastructure on Tuesday.
Russian air strike Ukraine’s Izmail port: According to Oleh Kiper on the Telegram messaging app, the attack, which lasted more than two hours, damaged a port building, storage facilities, more than 30 vehicles, and cars.
Of the 38 Iranian-made attack drones that the Ukrainian military claimed Russia had fired, it claimed to have shot down 26 of them.
After pulling out of a grain agreement in July that guaranteed the secure shipment of Ukrainian grains, Moscow has increased airstrikes on Ukrainian ports on the Danube, including Izmail and Reni.
Mayor Oleksandr Vilkul reported that a Russian missile strike damaged a local business in Kryvyi Rih, a city in southern Ukraine, on Tuesday.
There were no reports of casualties right away. Reuters was unable to independently confirm the claim.
Russia did not provide a swift response. According to Roman Starovoyt, the region’s governor, approximately seven settlements in the area lost power due to a drone strike by Ukraine on Russia’s Kursk.
No reports of injuries, he claimed. Earlier, the Russian defence ministry reported that at before 5:30 a.m. (0230 GMT), its air defence systems had shot down a drone launched from Ukraine over the Kursk.
However, This followed reports on Monday that several drones had been shot down over the bordering area with Ukraine. Further, Reuters could not independently confirm these reports. Furthermore, Ukraine did not immediately respond with a statement.