Tag: Danube
Romania accuses Russia of war crimes over Danube grain port bombing – POLITICO
Romania’s president has condemned Russia’s attacks on ports on the Danube as unacceptable and war crimes.
On Wednesday morning, Russia attacked Ukrainian grain ports at Izmail on the River Danube, a short distance from Romania. A grain warehouse, a passenger building and an elevator for loading grain were damaged, the BBC reported. No casualties were reported.
The attacks were “unacceptable,” Romanian President Klaus Iohannis said on social media. “These are war crimes and they further affect UA’s [Ukraine’s] capacity
Russia strikes Ukraine’s Danube port, sending global grain prices higher – EURACTIV.com
Russia attacked Ukraine’s grain ports in the early hours of Wednesday (2 August), including an inland port across the Danube River from Romania, sending global food prices soaring as Moscow ramps up its use of force to reimpose a blockade of Ukrainian exports.
Ukraine’s defence ministry said a grain silo was damaged in the Danube port of Izmail in the Odesa region: “Ukrainian grain has the potential to feed millions of people worldwide,” the ministry wrote on messaging platform X,
Ukraine’s Grain Lifeline in Danube Ports Comes Under Russia Threat
When Russia blockaded Ukrainian ports on the Black Sea after its full-scale invasion last year, grain that could feed millions worldwide piled up in silos. Crude iron that supplied some thirty percent of American steel makers stopped arriving. Roughly half the world’s supply of the neon used in lasers to make chips was taken off the market.
But while Russian ships menaced off the Ukrainian coast, the small ports in the Danube river on the Romanian border kept working, offering
Danube Ports, a Lifeline for Ukraine, Come Under Russian Threat
When Russia blockaded Ukrainian ports on the Black Sea after its full-scale invasion last year, grain that could feed millions worldwide was left to rot in silos. Crude iron that supplied some thirty percent of American steel makers stopped arriving. Roughly half the world’s supply of the neon used in lasers to make chips was taken off the market.
But while Russian ships menaced off the Ukrainian coast, the small ports in the Danube river on the Romanian border kept