Of the “port infrastructure” Ukrainians were damaged in a Russian missile attack that targeted Odessa on the night of Monday July 17 to Tuesday July 18. “Six Kalibr missiles were launched from the waters of the Black Sea at Odessa”reported the Ukrainian operational command for the south of the country, stating that they were destroyed by air defense, but the debris of the missiles “damaged port infrastructure and several private homes”. Earlier, he said the air defense was activated overnight, hours after a crucial grain deal expired. Follow our live.
The grain deal has expired. The agreement on the export of Ukrainian grain expired on Monday evening. Moscow had previously made known its refusal to extend the agreement, signed in July 2022 with Ukraine under the aegis of the United Nations and Turkey, denouncing the obstacles to trade in Russian agricultural products.
Odessa, key area of the cereal agreement. After Moscow’s invasion began, Ukrainian Black Sea ports had been blockaded by Russian warships until an agreement, signed in July 2022 under the auspices of the United Nations and Turkey , allows the passage of essential grain exports. The Odessa region had three ports that were part of the expired agreement.
The Crimean Bridge attacked. A Ukrainian attack by naval drones partially destroyed, for the second time, the bridge that spans the Kerch Strait, linking Russia to Crimea, a Ukrainian peninsula annexed in 2014. Significant damage was caused to the road section of the work, which is used in particular to transport equipment to the Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine, but “Vehicle traffic on the Crimean Bridge has been restored in the opposite direction” on a lane of the bridge, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khousnullin said on Telegram early Tuesday.