2023-08-16 01:18:33
According to the Ukrainian Air Force, several Russian drones entered the area of the Danube estuary on Wednesday night. The Air Force said it was a larger group of drones moving towards the Danube river ports of Izmail and Reni. The two port cities near the Romanian border are used for Ukrainian grain exports.
Residents reported on social media that air defense systems were deployed near the two ports. The governor of the southern Odessa region, Oleh Kiper, around 01:30, ordered the population of Izmail district to go to safety. The alarm was canceled an hour later.
Since Russia suspended the grain agreement that allowed safe export of Ukrainian grain across the Black Sea, transportation from the two port cities across the Danube has become the main export route for Ukrainian grain. From Izmail and Reni, the Ukrainian grain is shipped by barge to the Romanian port of Constanta and transported on from there.
In view of the advance of Russian troops in the eastern Ukrainian region of Kharkiv, the Ukrainian army has moved reserves to the Kupyansk sector. “Positions have been strengthened, certain methodological recommendations have been made and reserves have been moved,” spokesman for Army Group East Serhiy Cherevatyy told Ukrainian news television on Tuesday. This prevents further advances by the enemy.
According to Ukrainian and Russian military observers, the Russian army has advanced to within regarding seven kilometers of the city of Kupyansk. The local authorities have also already ordered an evacuation of civilians around the city. Kupyansk was only liberated from Russian occupation last year as part of a successful Ukrainian counter-offensive in the Kharkiv region.
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