Posted on 07/24/2023 12:29:42 PM PDT by Mariner
KYIV (Reuters) -Russia destroyed Ukrainian grain warehouses on the Danube River in a drone attack on Monday, targeting a vital export route for Kyiv in an expanding air campaign that Moscow began last week after quitting the Black Sea grain deal.
Last week's attacks mostly struck the sea ports of Odesa but Monday's pre-dawn strikes hit infrastructure along the Danube, an export route whose importance has grown since the demise of the deal allowing Ukrainian grain shipments via the Black Sea.
"The Russian terrorists have again attacked the Odesa region overnight. Port infrastructure on the Danube river is the target this time," regional governor Oleh Kiper wrote on the Telegram messaging app.
Global wheat and corn futures rose sharply on fears that Russian attacks and more fighting, including an overnight drone strike on Moscow, could threaten grain exports and shipping.
Hours after Monday's attack, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed for Russia to return to the Black Sea grain deal, warning in Rome of a devastating impact on "vulnerable countries struggling to feed their people."
News website Reni-Odesa cited a local official as saying three grain warehouses had been destroyed in the Danube port city of Reni during the drone attack.
Video footage verified by Reuters showed a man cursing in disbelief at damaged grain warehouses at Reni, an important transport hub across the Danube from NATO and European Union member Romania.
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That is why they call it “war.”
All’s fair in love and war.
Pretty soon they'll notice all the Ukrainians dying in this proxy war and get upset.
There are US troops in country just across the river from this port.
I wonder if they could hear the explosions...
Danube... these reporters just copy and paste.
“Relentless and systematic. Depriving Ukraine of hard money. Driving up the price of Russian exports.”
The effect of the Neocons cheating like crazy on the “Grain Deal” and thereby forcing Russia to no longer renew it, will be interesting in that Russia will send much of their grain to the Third World at no charge - so Europe and the other US Vassal Countries will not even get to bid on it.
And given that, they will then have to fight for whatever is left on the world markets...which will be a LOT LESS.
What US troops are in Moldova? Other than a joint exercise this past spring there is an extremely limited US presence in Moldova. And if you are talking about Romania then the Danube is about 200KM from Odessa...
Your homepage says you lived in Romania recently supporting front line fighters.
How come you don’t know where the “front line” is?
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Like I told you, its not Moldova...
This story is about the Russian attack on Reni, not Odessa.
Do you know which country is just on the other side of the river from Reni?
Hint: its not Moldova
My bad, I totally whiffed on the reference to Reni. and yes it is on the border of Moldova and Romania but still a considerable distance from US Troops in Romania.
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