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The fact of the day
A first Ukrainian commercial cargo ship left the port of Odessa on Wednesday, since Russia ended the grain deal almost a month ago to the day. Since then, Moscow has been threatening to sink such ships.
The announcement of the exit to the Black Sea of the “Joseph Schulte”, flying the flag of Hong Kong, took place despite a new Russian night bombardment of Ukrainian cereal infrastructures on the Danube, in the Odessa region. This Wednesday afternoon, the boat skirted the Ukrainian coast and headed for the Turkish port of Ambarli in the Sea of Marmara.
Ukraine announced last week to open “temporary” corridors in the Black Sea despite threats from Russia, which this weekend fired warning shots at a cargo ship heading for Izmail. Danube port in southern Ukraine.
sentence of the day
Russian terrorists carried out two drone attacks in the Odessa region overnight
These are the words of Oleg Kiper, the governor of the Odessa region. After these destructive attacks, grain warehouses were damaged. The port city is the target of numerous Russian strikes. The city center was notably heavily bombed last July.
The number of the day
4. Like the number of Ukrainian “saboteurs” that Russia says it has eliminated. According to the FSB, the Russian security services, the individuals were trying to enter the border region of Bryansk.
According to the FSB again, “foreign weapons, explosives, communication and navigation tools”, as well as drones with symbols of the Russian state and labels “Property of the Russian FSB” were discovered at the scene of the attack. confrontation with this group. This is the second incursion attempt in two days announced by Russia.
The trend of the day
Ukraine said on Wednesday it had retaken a village on the southern front, in the Donetsk region, as part of its counter-offensive against Russia.
“Ourojaine has been released. Our defenders are stationed nearby. The offensive continues” in the region, Deputy Defense Minister Ganna Maliar said in a statement on social media.