The spokesman for the Ukrainian administration in Odessa, Serhi Bratchuk, denounced this Saturday the impact of at least two missiles on the city’s port, one of those included in the agreement signed this past Thursday between RussiaUkraine, Turkey and the UN to resume grain exports, essential for humanitarian aid and right now paralyzed by the war.
Bratchuk has assured that two other missiles they were intercepted by the air defense systems of the Ukrainian Army. All the projectiles were Kalibr model, used by the Russian forces, the administrator has assured the New Voice of Ukraine portal.
Previously, deputy Oleksiy Goncharenko had reported that there were six explosions in Odessa,yes as the beginning of a fire in the port.
The deputy added that the attack had left victims, without specifying how many.
Under the signed agreement, A coalition of Turkish, Ukrainian and UN staff is planning to monitor the loading of grain onto ships in the Ukrainian ports of Odessa, Chernomosk and Pivdenyi, before sailing a pre-planned route across the Black Sea.
By this pact, it should be remembered, the Russian and Ukrainian sides sand pledged to suspend any attack on ships or ports that participate in these exports, however, the agreement does not cover the areas of the ports not involved in the cargo of grain.
For now, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has already condemned the attack. “Russia has taken less than 24 hours to launch a missile attack on the port of Odessa, breaching its promises and undermining its commitments to the UN and Turkey under the Istanbul agreement,” Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko said on his Twitter account.
“In case of default, Rusia will bear full responsibility for the global food crisis“, he lamented.
kyiv accuses Russia of “spitting in the face” of the UN
The Ukrainian government accused Russia of “Spit in the face” of the UN and Turkey with the attack launched this Saturday against the commercial port of Odessa, a key point for the export of grain according to the agreement reached yesterday in Istanbul between kyiv and Moscow.
“It is an attack by Vladimir Putin before the UN Secretary General, António Guterres, and the Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan”, according to the statement issued by the spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Oleg Nikolenko. In that first statement, the key role of that port for the export of cereals was already recalled, as well as the agreement reached yesterday in Istanbul with Russia in this area.