Another UAV attack in Odesa region: ports and elevators were damaged, fires broke out

On the night of August 2, Russian troops again attacked the port and industrial infrastructure of the south of Odesa region, in particular the Danube ports of Reni and Izmail, with approximately 15 kamikaze drones. Groups of drones released from Crimea entered Ukraine along the mouth of the Danube in order to remain undetected.

"As a result of the attack, fires broke out at the facilities of the port and industrial infrastructure of the region, and the elevator was damaged. All relevant services are on site. As of 5:30 a.m., no information about the victims has been received," Oleg Kiper, the head of Odesa OVA, said.

In recent weeks, Russian troops have been attacking southern Ukraine almost every night. So, on the night of July 24, "martyrs" attacked the Danube ports. Then three warehouses with grain were destroyed in the port of Reni and 7 people were injured.

Kyiv was also attacked by drones on the night of August 2, but all UAVs were destroyed by Ukrainian air defense forces. Groups of drones simultaneously entered the capital's airspace from different directions, but all of them, more than 10 drones, were detected and destroyed.

After Russia's withdrawal from the grain agreement, almost 200,000 tons of grain were reduced by strikes on Ukrainian ports, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine reported on its official Twitter page.

"During the first 9 days after the end of the grain agreement, the Russian Federation committed another series of war crimes, shelling the ports and grain warehouses of Ukraine, as a result of which 180,000 tons of grain, 26 port infrastructure facilities and 5 civilian ships were destroyed," the message reads.

We will remind that after the attacks on the ports, the freight rates in the Danube ports increased by 5-7 €/t.