buildings in moscow this morning. no one was injured in the attack which the kremlin blames on ukraine. debris from a downed drones fell just 200 yards from the russian defense ministry. also russia ramped up the aerial assault on odesa, warehouses filled with grain. odesa has been the focus of a russian air campaign ever since the kremlin pulled out of the deal, allowing ukraine to export grain. north korea launched two ballistic missiles into the sea according to south korean and japanese officials. the launches come just hours after this nuclear-propelled submarine, the u.s.s. annapolis arrived in a port in south korea. also, we ll have more on the detained soldier travis king in our next hour. tourists flocking to death valley despite extreme
the government in kyiv has accused moscow of targeting grain which was due for export and this comes after the deal under which both russia and ukraine were allowed safe passage for shipments of grain and fertiliser through the black sea came to an end with no new deal reached. the bbc s james waterhouse is in odesa. well, it s been a miserable week for the city, really. we ve been here for a number of days now. and typically overnight, you can hear the booms of air defences trying to hold out against waves of russian missile attacks. and last night we were told there was a four hour long strike further south from the city where the russians had launched drones as they continue to try and target port infrastructure. and this has coincided with moscow s withdrawal from a major agreement which allowed ukraine to export grain. but the kremlin pulled out, mainly over frustrations over western sanctions.
well, it s been a miserable week for the city, really. we ve been here for a number of days now. and typically overnight, you can hear the booms of air defences trying to hold out against waves of russian missile attacks. and last night we were told there was a four hour long strike further south from the city where the russians had launched drones as they continue to try and target port infrastructure. and this has coincided with moscow s withdrawal from a major agreement which allowed ukraine to export grain. but the kremlin pulled out, mainly over frustrations over western sanctions. and since its departure, it has looked to frustrate ukraine in just about every way possible. it is now targeting port infrastructure and making ukraine s important task it sees it is vital for its economy and and the wider world it s made its job of trying to export grain all the more difficult. so it s been another night of air strikes and this is a city now re adapting to a routine of clearing up
and this has coincided with moscow s withdrawal from a major agreement which allowed ukraine to export grain. but the kremlin pulled out, mainly over frustrations over western sanctions. and since its departure, it has looked to frustrate ukraine in just about every way possible. it is now targeting port infrastructure and making ukraine s important task it sees it as vital for its economy and the wider world it s made its job of trying to export grain all the more difficult. so it s been another night of air strikes and this is a city now re adapting to a routine of clearing up rubble the day after a night of attacks from the sky. we are getting these reports of russia claiming ukraine have launched an attack against moscow. what more do you have? you
russia s crimean bridge. a ukrainian official says that naval drones carried out that strike. thviolence playing out as russia formally announced that it will noonger allow ukraine to export grain by way of the black sea. the united nations condemned that move, warning that this could cause food prices to rise and worsen global hunger. now, joining us now from kyiv is a correspondent for the financial times christopher miller. he is the author of a new book, the war came to us. life and death in ukraine, which is out right now. chris, thank you for joining us. you ve spent so much time in ukraine. you re there right now. i wonder, what is your view of this counteroffensive? how it is going and how that strike that we were just talking about on the crimean bridge plays into it. right. so we heard president volodymyr zelenskyy admit in recent days that the counteroffensive isn t going exactly according to plan. and ukrainian soldiers on the front line who i visited just