German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock wrote on Twitter: “Putin not only destroyed the Black Sea Wheat Initiative, now he has hit the port city of Odessa with a hail of bombs for the second time in a row.”
“By doing so, he stole the hope of Ukrainian wheat from the world. Every one of his bombs hit the poorest people in the world,” he said.
Baerbock pledged to help Ukraine “find any alternative mode of transportation,” perhaps via inland waterways, rail and road.
Governor By Kiper said Oniks and Kh-22 missiles hit grain and oil terminals in the attack. Debris from those shot down hit homes, a beach resort and warehouses, setting fires and injuring several people.
Ukrainian President Andriy Yermak’s chief of staff called for more anti-aircraft systems.
Meanwhile, Russian authorities in Crimea said more than 2,200 people were evacuated from four villages because of a fire at a military facility.
The fire forced the closure of a key highway, according to Sergei Aksyonov, Moscow’s appointed head of the peninsula. He did not provide any information on the cause of the fire in the plant in the Kirov district.
Across Ukraine, authorities are reporting that drones and missiles have been deployed to more areas than in recent days.
“A difficult night of airstrikes for all of Ukraine,” Serhii Popko, head of the military administration of the city of Kyiv, said in a statement on Telegram.
He said it was a major attack in Odessa carried out over two consecutive nights. The southern Ukrainian military task force reported that at least 12 civilians were injured in the region.
At least six people were injured in the attack in Odessa, including a nine-year-old boy who was crushed by broken glass and debris.
The remnants of the downed Kh-59 missile left a large hole in another part of the city, injuring three civilians and damaging several buildings.
Eight Iranian-made Shahed drones were also shot down in the greater Odessa area, where two warehouses filled with tobacco and firecrackers were reportedly damaged.
