Groups reported on social media that air defense systems were heard firing near the Danube ports of Ismail and René.

The governor of southern Odessa, Ole Keper, told residents of the Port Ismail region to take shelter in bunkers at around 1:30 a.m. (2230 GMT), lifting the air raid warning an hour later.

Before Russia withdrew from a United Nations-backed deal to export Ukrainian grain across the Black Sea, Ukraine’s Danube ports were the outlet for nearly a quarter of grain exports.

The Roman port of Constanta on the Black Sea became a major port, as grain was shipped by barge.

The Bombing of Port Ismail.. Russian Novel

– The official Russian news agency said Russian attacks on Port Ismail on August 2 affected the port and grain-related infrastructure, which houses foreign mercenaries and military equipment, as well as a ship repair base owned by the navy.

– This is according to Sergey Lebedev, described as the coordinator of a secret group in the Ukrainian coastal city of Mykolaiv, where he has sources in Ismail, a major port in Ukraine, located on the opposite side of the Danube from Romania. the river

– The agency quoted Lebedev as saying that Russia carried out 8 separate attacks on the port of Ismail, targeting an oil terminal, a repair yard for Ukrainian naval vessels, a port building believed to house foreign forces, and a grain storage unit. A tall building housing foreign military equipment.

About 40,000 tonnes of grain were destroyed

– Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said Russian strikes had led to “damage” of about 40,000 tons of grain intended for export.

– Kobrakov confirmed in a telegram that “Russians attacked grain warehouses and silos, which led to the destruction of about 40,000 tons of grain planned for export to African countries, China and Israel,” accusing Russia of using Iranian-made drones. Attack out.

– Gubrakov explained, “These ports have become the basis of global food security today.”