Over the past three months, Russia has been attacking Ukraine’s port infrastructure and has already damaged or destroyed nearly 300 port facilities, according to the Deputy Prime Minister for restoration of Ukraine, minister for communities and territories development of Ukraine, Oleksii Kuleba.
“The targets of enemy shelling are primarily ports, civilian ships and granaries. Thus, over the past three months, the enemy has carried out almost 60 such attacks. They resulted in the damage and destruction of almost 300 port infrastructure facilities, 177 vehicles and 22 civilian vessels,” the statement said.
In addition, 79 civilians were injured. Among them are workers of ports, logistics companies and ship crews.
It is noted that the purpose of these attacks is to reduce Ukraine’s export potential.
As it is reported by the minister, it is a “deliberate provocation of a food crisis in those parts of the world that are directly dependent on the supply of Ukrainian grain.”
Photo credit: Ministry for Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine
“For its part, the world must respond accordingly to these attacks, because the consequences of shelling are felt not only for Ukraine. This primarily affects the countries of the Global South and Europe. Today, more than 40 countries receive Ukrainian grain, including Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, China, Vietnam, Indonesia, Spain, Turkey, and the Netherlands,” Kuleba said.
The Deputy Prime Minister called on the international community to increase pressure on Russia, as silence and inaction, as he said, only strengthen the enemy’s impunity.
Meanwhile, Russia has accused Ukraine of trying to carry out a terrorist attack using unmanned aerial vehicles on the territory of the Russian Federation.
“Last night, while the Kiev regime was trying to carry out a terrorist attack using unmanned aerial vehicles on the territory of the Russian Federation, on duty air defence systems shot down and intercepted 92 Ukrainian fixed-wing UAVs,” reported last Wednesday the Russian Defence Ministry.
“47 UAVs were intercepted and destroyed over Krasnodar region, 12 UAVs over Kursk region, nine UAVs over Rostov region, four UAVs over Bryansk region, two UAVs over Belgorod region and two UAVs over the Republic of Crimea, one UAV over Voronezh region, and 15 UAVs over the waters of the Sea of Azov,” reads the statement.
