Russian drone strikes in southern Ukraine damaged grain silos and warehouses in the Ukrainian river port of Reni on Danube on the night of Wednesday the 16th of August, reports Reuters, citing senior officials.
“Russian terrorists attacked the Odessa region twice last night with attack drones,” the regional head said on Telegram,
“Their [Russia’s] main target is the port and grain infrastructure in the south of the region.”
Reuters write that the Chief of Staff to the Ukrainian President Andriy Yermak, wrote on Telegram, that the target of the strike was the port of Reni. He noted that there were no casualties.
As previously reported, on the night of Wednesday the 2nd of August, a Russian drone strike in Izmail on Danube caused serious damage to grain warehouses, leading to a spike in global food prices.
Meanwhile, farmers on the South-Eastern Ukrainian front line, who survived Russian missiles, are now fearing another blow – low grain prices, writes Reuters.
A farmer in Dnipropetrovsk region in an interview to Reuters told that he has to store his crops in a warehouse damaged by a missile because he cannot afford to repair it in case it gets damaged again. He added that he was not in a rush to sell either, because
the price currently being offered is unacceptable to farmers.
He added, that with the current price of grain it is impossible to repair the warehouses.
In July, when Russia withdrew from the deal that would have allowed grain exports from Ukraine via the Black Sea, the price Ukrainian farmers receive from traders fell to a painful low.
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