Russia’s overnight strikes target grain depots again

A granary destroyed in the drone attack on Danube port in the Odesa region. Pic/AP

Russia resumed its targeting of grain infrastructure in Ukraine's southern Odesa region, local officials said on Wednesday, using drones in overnight strikes on storage facilities and ports along the Danube River that Kyiv has used for grain transport to Europe after Moscow broke off the export deal through the Black Sea.

At the same time, a loaded container ship stuck at the port of Odesa since Russia's full-scale invasion more than 17 months ago set sail and was heading through the Black Sea to the Bosporus along a temporary corridor established by Ukraine for merchant shipping.

Ukraine's economy, crunched by the war, is heavily dependent on farming. Its agricultural exports, like those of Russia, are also crucial for world supplies of wheat, barley, sunflower oil and other food that developing nations rely on.

Odesa Gov. 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 defenses managed to intercept 13 drones.

It was the latest attack amid weeks of aerial strikes as Russia has targeted the Danube delta ports, which are only about 15 km from the Romanian border. The Danube is Europe's second-longest river and a key transport route.

The ship departing Odesa was the first to set sail since July 16, according to, Ukraine's deputy prime minister. It had been stuck in Odesa since
February 2022.

Poland showcases its military might

US-made Abrams tanks during the Polish Army Day parade in Warsaw. Pic/AP

NATO member Poland displayed its state-of-the-art weapons and defense systems at a massive military parade on Tuesday, with around 2,000 troops, 200 vehicles and almost 100 aircraft. Poland has over 1,75,000 troops.

Ukrainian forces fire at Russian artillery units

A captured US M998 Humvee military vehicle at an exhibition near Moscow. Pic/AP

Ukrainian forces of the 63rd Separate Mechanised Brigade fired at Russian positions near Moscow on Tuesday, but Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said that Ukraine's military resources were "almost exhausted', as Kyiv wages its gruelling counteroffensive.

Ex-FBI official helped sanctioned Russian

A former high-ranking FBI counterintelligence official pleaded guilty on Tuesday to conspiring to violate sanctions on Russia by going to work, after he retired, for an oligarch he once investigated. Charles McGonigal, 55, said he was "deeply remorseful" for work he did in 2021 for the billionaire industrialist Oleg Deripaska, accepting over $17,000 to help him collect derogatory information about another Russian oligarch.

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