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Russia targets Ukrainian port, destroys grain stores
Published: 02/05/2024
On 19 April, Russian troops hit the port of Pivdennyi in Ukraine’s southern Odesa Oblast, destroying grain storage facilities and foodstuffs they contained, according to Ukrainian president,Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and other officials.
Later, the ministry of restoration stated that as a result of the attack on the port of Odesa, the Russian military destroyed agricultural products intended for Asia and Africa. Two terminals specialising in the transit of agricultural products were attacked. One of the terminals belongs to the globally known Singaporean company, Delta Wilmar, which has been operating in Ukraine since 2004 and also owns several agricultural processing plants. This amounts to over US$300 million in investments and nearly 1 000 jobs,” the department said.
Since Russia withdrew from a UN-brokered deal that had guaranteed safe shipments of Ukrainian grain last summer, Ukraine’s port infrastructure and its employees have suffered numerous attacks from Russian missiles and drones. – Euromaidan Press