About 60,000 tons of grain destined for export and stored in the Ukrainian port city of Tchornomorsk, near Odessa, was destroyed by Russian attacks late Tuesday, Ukraine’s agriculture minister said.
“It will take at least a year to fully repair the damaged infrastructure. At the port of Tchornomorsk, 60,000 tons of grain, which should have been shipped through the grain corridor 60 days ago, was also destroyed,” Mykola Solsky announced in a released statement. this Wednesday fair on the digital page of your ministry.
“The grain infrastructure of international traders and transporters was the hardest hit,” he continued, as “world food security is once again at risk” with the attacks reportedly targeting Ukrainian structures related to grain exports..
According to the minister, the French CMA-CGM or the Canadian group Viterra are among the companies whose infrastructure has been damaged.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday accused Russia of “deliberately targeting” the sites used for exporting Ukrainian grains in this morning’s attacks, three days after a crucial agreement on the subject expired.
The Kremlin on Monday announced its refusal to renew the grain agreement signed in July 2022 under the auspices of the United Nations and Turkey, which allowed for the safe transportation of Ukrainian agricultural products, despite the conflict and the naval blockade of Ukrainian ports. .
Moscow justified the decision to suspend its participation on the grounds that several parts of the agreement were not adhered to, in particular the barriers to trade in its Russian grains, fertilizers and food products.
Source: DN
