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Mass Russian Strike on Odesa Port Puts Global Grain Lifeline Back in the Crosshairs

One of the largest Russian attacks on Odesa since the full‑scale invasion smashed into port facilities and power infrastructure overnight, sending fires and power flashes across Ukraine’s key Black Sea gateway. For dockworkers, exporters and ship crews, the strike revives questions about how long Ukraine’s grain and metals can keep moving under sustained bombardment.

Russia’s overnight barrage on Odesa has again turned Ukraine’s main Black Sea port into a front line, with at least 15 Geran‑2 attack drones slamming into port facilities and fires lighting up the city’s skyline. For Ukraine’s exporters, insurers and ship operators, the message is blunt: the infrastructure that keeps the country’s economy alive is now squarely back under large‑scale, coordinated fire. Reports from the early hours of 9 August indicated that the port zone and associated power grid were hit as part of what Ukrainian officials described as one of the largest attacks on the Odesa region since Russia’s full‑scale invasion began in 2022. Video and on‑the‑ground accounts pointed…

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