Russian officials are now claiming responsibility for Saturday’s missile attack on port city Odessa, as it came less than 24 hours after the signing of a key deal to release blockaded Ukrainian grain needed by much of the rest of the world.
Ukrainian warship. While Ukraine has not given specifics on what exactly was hit, a Ukrainian military spokeswoman said no grain storage was affected.
, an economic adviser to Ukraine’s president said Sunday. Oleh Ustenko said that 60 million tonnes of grain could be transported within eight to nine months if ports were immediately unblocked, but added that “yesterday’s strike shows that it definitely won’t work that way,”, a State Department spokesperson told The Washington Post, without providing further details.
Soldiers say the dozen U.S. multiple-launch precision rocket systems are a “game changer,” The Washington Post Orban said that only Washington could give the security guarantees Russia wants. He added that the European Union “should not side with the Ukrainians,” but position itself between both sides.
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