Russia damaged 26 facilities in ports and 5 civilian ships in Ukraine during a week
27.07.2023 - 09:15
Over the past 9 days, the Russians damaged and partially destroyed 26 objects of the port infrastructure of Ukraine and 5 civilian ships.
“Just opened the historic first meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Council, initiated on July 22 by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a conversation with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg,” Minister of Infrastructure Oleksandr Kubrakov said.
The parties discussed Russia’s obstruction of free navigation in the Black Sea. The enemy’s goal is obvious — to deprive the world of Ukrainian food, thereby creating a global food crisis, the minister noted.
The meeting participants jointly condemned Russia’s withdrawal from the Grain Initiative and targeted missile and drone attacks on the port infrastructure of southern Ukraine. According to Kubrakov, only in the last 9 days, as a result of Russian attacks, 26 port infrastructure facilities and 5 civilian ships were damaged and partially destroyed.
The Russians are also restricting navigation in the area of the temporarily occupied Crimea and near the territorial waters of Bulgaria. With this, the Russian Federation actually blocks the movement of ships in the direction of the seaports of Ukraine.
“We must act quickly and decisively. Blockade of the Black Sea by Russian troops cannot be allowed. This can lead not only to losses of the Ukrainian economy, but also to a serious food crisis in the world, in particular in such humanitarian sensitive regions as Africa and Asia. We are already discussing possible ways of countering the enemy’s cynical attacks and hindering free commercial shipping,” the minister commented.
We will remind you that on the night of July 27, Russia attacked the port infrastructure of Odesa with Kalibr cruise missiles.
The invaders hit the administration building of the port. One employee died. The Russians also damaged the production equipment of one of the cargo terminals.
