Russia: The attack on the Ukrainian port hit military targets.
Russian defense ministry officials insisted on Sunday that an air strike on the port of Odesa less than a day after Russia and Ukraine signed an agreement to resume grain shipments from there – had only hit military targets.
“At the seaport in the city of Odesa, on the territory of a shipyard, a sea-based long-range high-precision missile destroyed a docked Ukrainian warship and a warehouse of Harpoon anti-ship missiles,” said ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declared in his speech that the attack in Odesa “destroyed the only possibility” for dialogue with Russia.
The Ukrainian military said on Saturday that Moscow had attacked the Odesa seaport with four cruise missiles, two of which were shot down by Ukrainian air defenses.
Command spokeswoman Nataliya Humenyuk said no grain storage facilities were hit.
Turkey’s defense minister, however, said there had been reports from Ukrainian authorities that one missile hit a grain silo tower, while another landed nearby, though neither affected loading at Odesa ports.
