Russia has claimed responsibility for a series of missile strikes that hit the key Ukrainian port of Odesa, a day after Moscow signed a deal allowing Kyiv to resume grain exports as part of efforts to alleviate a growing global food crisis.
Two cruise missiles hit the port on Saturday and two others were shot down by Ukrainian air defences, according to Serhiy Bratchuk, a spokesman for Ukraine’s southern military command.
Videos posted on social media showed a plume of smoke billowing from the port. Oleksiy Honcharenko, a Ukrainian MP, wrote on messaging app Telegram that at least six explosions were heard and an unspecified number of people had been wounded.