is cnn newsroom, with kim brun brunhuber. we begin with breaking news out of moscow. russia is confirming for first time that it did strike the ukrainian port of odesa. the russian foreign ministry now says it hit military targets in the port with precision missiles, but these strikes came one day after ukraine and russia signed an agreement in istanbul, which would allow ukraine to resume grain exports through its ports. now, turkey said moscow initially denied it had anything to do with the strikes, and turkey said the attack hit port facilities, but didn t damage any infrastructure that would be used in grain exports. condemnation of the attack has been swift with britain saying russia s word can t be taken at face value. it is absolutely appalling that only a day after striking this deal, vladimir putin has launched a completely unwarranted attack on odesa. it shows that not a word he says can be trusted, and we need to urgently work with our international partners
odesa and they hit a naval vessel. we re seeing the evolution of the russian response. meanwhile, from the get-go, when the first explosions and blasts were reported, ukrainian officials from local government in odesa, all the way up to the national government, were basically saying i told you so. you cannot trust the russians, they will try to break the deals. the ukrainian president accusing russia of damaging historical architecture and treasures in odesa. this ancient port city. the ukrainian foreign minister saying we re going to try to abide by the agreement signed on friday because he s arguing that this was not signed directly with the russians, but with turkish and u.n. mediation and he s calling on both the turkish government and the u.n. to hold russia to account to make this agreement possible. back to you. all right, thanks so much.
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