Zelensky: “Russian terrorists once again attacked ports, grain, and global food security”

During the night air attack, the Russian army again attacked ports, grain, and global food security.

President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote about this on the Telegram messaging app.

"Another night of war, another night of the work of our heroic air defense. We are defending ourselves with the maximum of our available forces. Many Shahed drones were shot down. Fortunately, there were no casualties," Zelensky said.

However, according to the president, unfortunately, there is damage.

"The most significant ones are in the south of the country. Russian terrorists again attacked ports, grain, and global food security," Zelensky stressed. "All our operational services worked effectively. The world must react. When civilian ports are the target, when terrorists deliberately destroy even elevators, this is a threat to everyone on all continents. Russia can and must be stopped."

As Rubryka reported, on the night of August 2, Ukrainian air defense downed 23 Russian Shahed drones.

Background

On July 17, Russia announced it would terminate its participation in the agreement with Turkiye and the UN or the Black Sea Grain Initiative. President Volodymyr Zelensky explained that the agreement between Ukraine, Turkiye, and the UN on exporting agricultural products remains valid.

On July 19, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation threatened that countries under whose flags ships would be sent to Ukrainian ports would be considered involved in the war. At the same time, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin said that Russia would resume its participation in the grain agreement only if the West met several demands.

After pulling out of the grain agreement, Russia has attacked the south of Ukraine almost every night. Missile strikes are carried out on Odesa and the region. According to British intelligence, Russia generally refrained from targeting civilian infrastructure in southern ports between August 2022 and June 2023, when the Black Sea Grain Initiative was still active.

However, since the beginning of the war, Russia's strikes have been characterized by "poor intelligence and an ineffective targeting process," the British Ministry of Defense said.

As reported, on July 24, the Russian army attacked a port in the Odesa region with drones, destroying a grain hangar. On July 21, the Russian forces attacked an agricultural enterprise in the Odesa region at night with Kaliber missiles aimed at grain warehouses and a building storing agricultural machinery.