According to the Ukrainian Air Force, several Russian drones entered the area of the Danube estuary on Wednesday night. It’s about a larger group of dronesmoving towards the Danube river ports of Izmail and Reni, the Air Force said.
The two port cities near the Romanian border are used for Ukrainian grain exports.
Residents reported on social media that air defense systems were deployed near the two ports. The governor of the southern Odessa region, Oleh Kiper, around 01:30, ordered the population of Izmail district to go to safety. An hour later the alarm cancelled.
Since Russia suspended the grain agreement that allowed safe export of Ukrainian grain across the Black Sea, transportation from the two port cities across the Danube has become the main export route for Ukrainian grain. From Izmail and Reni the Ukrainian grain is transported by barges shipped to the Romanian port city of Constanta and transported from there. (Reuters)
