Major Russian grain export terminal hit in Ukraine Black Sea port attack

The Russian agriculture ministry announced it was working to redirect cargo flows to alternative ports following a barrage of Ukrainian drones A "massive" Ukrainian drone and missile strike on Russia's port city of Novorossiysk has damaged grain export terminals and hit the last major Russian naval base on the Black Sea. Three people, including an eight-year-old child, were killed and 24 people were injured in the Wednesday nighttime attack. Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed Ukraine had launched rocket and underwater drones in a "unique operation" to strike the Russian naval base at Novorossiysk, although he did not mention grain terminals being hit. "The occupying fleet and all the infrastructure that supports it will not be safe as long as Russian aggression continues," Zelensky said. A major grain trading company confirmed to Russia's TASS news agency that its terminal had been hit, while another told Reuters and Russian outlet RBK the same. Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

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