Ukrainian air defence systems repelled a second consecutive night of Russian air attacks on the southern port of Odesa, while all of eastern Ukraine was under air raid alerts. The situation remains tense amid concerns over rising food prices and hunger due to Russia's withdrawal from a UN-backed deal for safe Black Sea grain exports.
KYIV (Reuters) -Russia and Ukraine presented vastly different accounts of fighting in northeastern Ukraine on Tuesday, with Moscow reporting advances by
Russia struck Ukrainian ports on Tuesday, a day after pulling out of a U.N.-backed deal for safe Black Sea grain exports, a decision that raised concern primarily in Africa and Asia of rising food prices and hunger. "Do not approach the windows, do not shoot or show the work of air defence forces," Odesa governor Oleh Kiper said on the Telegram messaging app. All of the eastern part of Ukraine was under air raid alerts, starting soon after midnight on Wednesday.