The Ukrainian port of Odesa was not operating on Sunday after the latest Russian attack on the region's energy system, Agriculture Minister Mykola Solsky said, but added that grains traders were not expected to suspend exports.
Two other ports - Chornomorsk and Pivdennyi - authorised to export grains from Ukraine under a deal between Russia and Ukraine were partially operating, he said.More than 1.5 million people in the southern Odesa region were without power afterhit two energy facilities, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a video address late on Saturday.
Since October, Moscow has been targeting Ukraine's energy infrastructure with large waves of missile and drone strikes. After an almost six-month blockade caused by the invasion, the three Black Sea ports in the Odesa region were unblocked at the end of July under theKyiv had separately sought to have the agreement expanded to include more ports, but that has not been concluded so far.
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