Overnight strike on Izmail port injures two people, damages infrastructure while business hit in Kryvyi Rih; Moscow says 11 drones destroyed over Russian regions late Monday
More now on the Russian strikes on Ukraine overnight, via Reuters: overnight Russian air strike on the key Ukrainian grain exporting port of Izmail injured two people and damaged infrastructure, the governor of the Odesa region said on Tuesday.
A port building, storage facilities and more than 30 trucks and cars were damaged in the attack, which lasted more than two hours, Oleh Kiper said on the Telegram messaging app.
The Ukrainian military reported shooting down 26 of the 38 Iranian-made attack drones it said were launched by Russia.
Moscow has intensified its air attacks on Ukrainian ports on the Danube River, including Izmail and Reni, after it quit a grain deal in July that ensured the safe export of Ukrainian grains.
Separately on Tuesday, a Russian missile strike also damaged a local enterprise in the southern Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, Mayor Oleksandr Vilkul said. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
Russian air defence units also repelled several Ukraine drone attacks over the Belgorod and Kursk regions late on Monday, destroying at least 11 drones in total, Russia’s defence ministry said.
