03 August,2023 08:05 AM IST | Kyiv | Agencies
A damaged building at a Ukrainian port on the Danube River. Pic/AP
Russian troops hit port infrastructure in southern Ukraine with Shahed drones near the border with NATO member Romania overnight, the Ukrainian military and prosecutor-general's office said Wednesday, damaging a grain elevator and causing a fire at facilities that transport the country's grain exports.
Since leaving a deal that allowed Ukraine to export grain to world markets through the city of Odesa, Russia has hammered the country's ports with strikes. Since July 17, Russian forces have fired dozens of drones and missiles at the port of Odesa and the region's river ports, which are being used as alternative routes.
The prosecutor-general's office said the strikes hit in the area of the Danube River, which forms part of the Ukraine-Romania border. It didn't immediately give further details. Three Ukrainian ports along the Danube are operating.
Ukraine's air force intercepted 23 Shahed drones over the country overnight, mostly in Odesa and Kyiv, according to a morning update. All 10 drones fired at Kyiv were intercepted, said Serhii Popko, the head of Kyiv City Administration. Debris from felled drones hit three districts of the capital, damaging a nonresidential building, Popko said. However some drones hit their targets, with the most "significant damage" in the southern parts of Ukraine.
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