Russia launched a 3 1/2-hour drone assault on southern components of the Odessa area on Sunday, hitting Danube River port infrastructure and injuring at the very least two individuals, Ukrainian officers mentioned.

Ukraine’s air defence methods shot down 22 of the 25 Iranian-made Shahed drones that Russia launched on the Odessa area within the early hours, the Air Force mentioned on the Telegram messaging app.

The Danube has develop into Ukraine’s most important route for exporting grain for the reason that collapse of a U.N.-brokered deal in July that had allowed Kyiv to ship its grain through the Black Sea.

“Russian terrorists continue to attack port infrastructure in the hope of provoking a food crisis and famine in the world,” the Ukrainian president’s chief of workers Andriy Yermak wrote on Telegram.

He posted a photograph of a firefighter directing water on the burning ruins of concrete buildings.

Ukraine’s South Military Command mentioned on social media at the very least two civilians have been injured within the assault on what it mentioned was the “civil infrastructure of the Danube”.

Officials didn’t give particulars of which port facility was hit. The navy mentioned a fireplace that resulted from the assault on the facility was rapidly extinguished.

Some Ukrainian media reported blasts within the Reni port, one of many two main ports on the Danube that Ukraine operates.

There was no fast remark from Russia.

Reuters couldn’t independently confirm the studies.

Reni and Izmail, Ukraine’s two largest ports on the Danube River, have been repeatedly attacked by Russian drones in latest weeks.