It’s just such… such a terribly shitty thing to do. It boggles my mind, the thought of how big of a douch you’d have to be to launch rockets/drones at grain storage facilities and still think you’re in the right, and doing good.
They’re not fighting to win, they’re fighting to hurt, that’s why. They’re probably getting desperate, going after key targets like the silos and that dam a month back when they could’ve done it at the beginning.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
A month ago, the Kremlin tore up an agreement brokered last summer by the U.N. and Turkey to ensure safe Ukraine grain exports through the Black Sea.
But transport costs that way are much higher, some European countries have balked at the consequences for local grain prices, and the Danube ports can’t handle the same volume as seaports.
It was the latest attack amid weeks of aerial strikes as Russia has targeted the Danube delta ports, which are only about 15 kilometers (10 miles) from the Romanian border.
Meanwhile, the container ship departing Odesa was the first vessel to set sail since July 16, according to Oleksandr Kubrakov, Ukraine’s deputy prime minister.
Analysts say Black Sea shipping has in general remained steady since the end of the grain deal, despite higher insurance rates, but shipments out of Ukraine have dropped off.
On the war’s front line, Ukrainian officials claimed another milestone in Kyiv’s grinding counteroffensive, with Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar saying troops have retaken a village in the eastern Donetsk region.
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Russia seems to think their shipping is immune to this problem.
