Russian officials insisted that strikes on Odessa, a critical Ukrainian port, was only to hit military targets despite signing a treaty only the day prior.
Fox News correspondent Lucas Tomlinson detailed a summit in Kyiv hosted by President Zelenskyy and the first lady of Ukraine, and shared reactions to Russia's attack on Odesa on 'Fox News Live.'insisted Sunday that an airstrike on the Ukrainian port of Odesa hit only military targets, but the attack tested an agreement on resuming grain shipments that the two countries signed less than a day before the assault.
Under the grain-shipment agreement obtained by The Associated Press, both Kyiv and Moscow agreed not to target vessels and port facilities involved in the initiative, including the ports of Odesa, Chernomorsk and Yuzhny. , however, said he had had reports from Ukrainian authorities that one missile struck a grain silo while another landed nearby, although neither affected loading at Odesa’s docks.
Senior U.N. officials voiced hopes that the deal would end a months-long standoff that threatened food security around the globe. In Ukraine’s south, regional officials said that at least five civilians were wounded by Russian shells in the Black Sea port of Mykolaiv on Saturday night and Sunday morning.
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