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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Peter Beaumont

‘Trying to make the world starve’: Russian drones destroy grain warehouses at Ukraine ports

An image showing a large piece of twisted sheet metal and smoke at the top of an industrial building, with razor wire in the foreground
An image released by the Ukrainian military said to show damaged port infrastructure on the Danube River in the Odesa region. Photograph: Ukrainian Ground Forces/EPA

Russian drones launched a four-hour attack on Ukraine’s Danube ports of Reni and Izmail, destroying grain warehouses and other facilities, as Moscow appeared to escalate its attempts to strangle Kyiv’s globally important agricultural exports.

The attacks, using Iranian-supplied drones, follow Russia’s withdrawal this month from the Black Sea deal that allowed Ukraine to export its grain and threats by both Moscow and Kyiv to target civilian carriers visiting ports.

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