Drones were used in overnight strikes on storage facilities and ports along the Danube River, Ukrainian officials said.
Russia has resumed its targeting of grain infrastructure in Ukraine’s southern Odesa region, local officials said.
The container ship Joseph Schulte leaves the port of Odesa to proceed through the temporary corridor established for merchant vessels from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports Odesa governor Oleh Kiper said the primary targets of Russia’s overnight drone bombardment were port terminals and grain silos, including at the ports in the Danube delta. Air defences managed to intercept 13 drones, according to Mr Kiper.
The Hong Kong-flagged Joseph Schulte was traveling down a temporary corridor that Ukraine asked the International Maritime Organisation to ratify.The United States has warned that the Russian military is preparing for possible attacks on civilian shipping vessels in the Black Sea. Ship-tracking data analysed by The Associated Press confirmed that the Joseph Schulte was steaming south.
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