This Sunday, Russia claimed to have destroyed various military infrastructure in Odessa, a key port for exports in Ukraine.
Russia assured today that its missiles destroyed this Saturday a military infrastructure At the port of Odessakey to Ukrainian grain exports on which an agreement had been reached the day before under the auspices of Turkey and the UN.
“Kalibr missiles destroyed a target of the military infrastructure of the port of Odessa,” the spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry wrote on her Telegram channel. Maria Zakharovawho said that “in the high-precision attack” a Ukrainian military boat was destroyed.
For its part, the Russian Ministry of Defense stated that together with the military vessel it was destroyed. a US Harpoon anti-ship missile depot.
“Productive capacities for the repair and modernization of cargo ships were also disabled. the Ukrainian Navysaid the spokesman for that portfolio, General Igor Konashénkov, in his daily press appearance.
The UN Secretary General, António Guterres, condemned “unequivocally” Russian attacks on the Ukrainian port of Odessa, on the Black Sea, a day after Russia and Ukraine reached an agreement to export Ukrainian grain and alleviate the shortage of cereals throughout the world.
USA The sentence was added and his Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, denounced that the attack on Odessa “raises serious doubts about Russia’s commitment to the agreement.”
“The Kremlin continues to show contempt for the safety of millions of civilians as it perpetuates its assault on Ukraine,” Blinken said in a statement, stressing that Russia “deprives Ukraine of its economic vitality and the world of its food supply.”
Also the European Union (EU) condemned the Russian attack on Odessa through its high representative for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, who stressed that this action “once again demonstrates Russia’s total disregard for international law and commitments”.
“The Russian missile is a spit from (Russian President) Vladimir Putin in the face of the UN Secretary General, António Guterres, and the President of Turkey, Recep (Tayyip) Erdogan,” said the spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey. Ukraine, Oleg Nikolenko, condemning the attack on the port of Odessa.
In turn, the President of Ukraine, Volodímir Zelenskideclared that the attack on Odesa “proves only one thing: no matter what Russia promises, it will always find a way not to fulfill it”.