harderfor ships to be insured to go through the blue corridors that were agreed yesterday, assuming they are functional after this strike. it is thousands of miles away, but there are millions of people in east africa relying on this grain just to survive over the next few months. the charities trying to feed them right now are expressing concern that this plan, even if it does work, will take a long time to get the grain to the people who need it most. there are some significant operational hurdles which will need to be overcome to get this grain out of odesa and the strikes this morning only make that more complicated. we do not know what the seaworthiness of the ships that are currently in port is, we do not know whether ships will be allowed into those waters from outside. we estimate you would need about 400 ships to take the grain cargo that is currently ashore in ukraine to the markets where it is needed most. that said, there was optimism
the durnford family took these photos on the way to catch a ferry for their first ever holiday abroad together. so, this was supposed to be a one hour carjourney from sevenoaks in kent, and it s just been nearly seven hours now, and we re still not checked in. we completely missed our 9.30 ferry. i was able to get out of the car with my girls and we got to the shops to get some food, because we didn t bring that much food with us because we thought we were going to be having lunch in france. they were allowed onto a later ferry five hours after they d expected to depart. dover and the surrounding roads are gridlocked and police were out managing traffic. with post brexit and covid checks now in place, the port of dover said it had done what it could to prepare for a busy summer and worked with local and government partners. the port also said it had worked with french border police to plan for the expected traffic volumes, but it accused them of providing woefully inadequate resource t
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. this is bbc news. we start with breaking news. less than 2a hours after a grain supply deal was signed between russia and ukraine to guarantee the safe passage of cargo ships, the ukrainian port city of odesa has been hit by a missile attack. reports suggest several long range missiles were fired by russia some were shot down but explosions were heard and smoke was seen rising. this is the region where it was hoped millions of tonnes of grain would be exported in the coming days. our correspondent paul adams is in kyiv for us. paul, what more can you tell us about these reports of russian missiles hitting the port of odesa?
the port that was struck. we do not know how many missiles were fired at odesa, we think somewhere between four and six, odesa, we think somewhere between fourand six, and odesa, we think somewhere between four and six, and of course we do not know exactly where they came from. there is a general assumption, reasonable assumption, that these were russian missiles fired as part of this ongoing war. and i think what this underlies is the deal that was reached yesterday was reached, as the secretary general said yesterday, between two micro parties engaged in an absolutely bitter conflict. and so the possibility, the chances of this thing coming unstuck at the first hurdle, were always pretty high. we do not know exactly what the purpose of this attack was, what the message is, but on the face of it, it eye that looks like an attempt to bracket before it has even started, or perhaps set the terms on which it will be
ambassador to kyiv, bridget brink. she describes the attack on odesa as outrageous , saying the kremlin continues to weaponise food. russia must be held to account. our correspondent paul adams is in kyiv for us. he is in kyiv for us. has been watching developments there. he has been watching developments there. what more can you tell us? the last we heard was that ukrainian defence official said that the area of the port that was hit by a miss out this morning is precisely the area in his words where grain is being stored, in other words, the exact bit of the port that would have been centrally involved in trying to implement the deal that was reached yesterday in istanbul. i do not have independent confirmation of that, but reports throughout the morning have suggested it was indeed