{"id":2020835,"date":"2023-09-03T13:10:42","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T17:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shipments-in-peril-as-3-hour-drone-barrage-slams-port-to-provoke-a-food-crisis\/"},"modified":"2023-09-03T13:12:27","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T17:12:27","slug":"shipments-in-peril-as-3-hour-drone-barrage-slams-port-to-provoke-a-food-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shipments-in-peril-as-3-hour-drone-barrage-slams-port-to-provoke-a-food-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Port under attack by drones, endangering shipments and food supply."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium 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style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Shipments in Peril as 3-Hour Drone Barrage Slams Port to &#8216;Provoke a Food Crisis&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>Two people were \u2063hospitalized following\u200b a 3\u00bd-hour <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-russia-threatens-global-nuclear-fire-ukrainian-drone-strikes-moscow-no-way\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russian<\/a> drone barrage on a port in Ukraine\u2019s Odesa \u200cregion on Sunday, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The attack on the Reni \u200dseaport comes a day\u200d before Russian President Vladimir Putin is due to meet with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip\u200d Erdogan <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/erdogan-putin-meeting-sochi-grain-deal-ukraine-7a6c66f32eb721ec3b3d8dbd1af08d80\">to\u2062 discuss the resumption of food shipments<\/a> from Ukraine under a Black Sea grain agreement that <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-war-grain-food-security-ba7f9146b745337a1948a964cb30331c\">Moscow broke off from in July<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Russian forces fired\u2063 25 Iranian-made Shahed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/air-force-releases-footage-russian-fighter-jets-harassing-us-spy-drones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drones<\/a> along the Danube River in the early hours of Sunday, 22 of which were shot down by air defenses, the Ukrainian air force said on Telegram.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian\u2062 President <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/volodymyr-zelenskyy\">Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/a> \u2019s chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, described the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hungary-pm-viktor-orban-tells-tucker-stop-russia-ukraine-conflict-left-will-hate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">assault<\/a> as part of a\u2063 Russian drive \u201cto provoke a food crisis and hunger in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s Defense Ministry\u2064 said in a statement that\u2064 the attack was aimed \u200cat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shipments-in-peril-as-3-hour-drone-barrage-slams-port-to-provoke-a-food-crisis\/\" title=\"Port under attack by drones, endangering shipments and food supply.\">fuel storage \u200bfacilities<\/a> used to\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/while-ukraine-requests-faster-military-aid-russia-declares-battlefield-gains\/\" title=\"While Ukraine Requests Faster Military Aid, Russia Declares Battlefield Gains\">supply military equipment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><h3>Meeting to Save Food Shipments<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>Putin and Erdogan\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-bidens-fundraising-trip-calls-attention-to-vulnerable-new-york-republicans-amid-debt-ceiling-battle\/\" title=\"Joe Biden's fundraising trip calls attention to vulnerable New York Republicans amid debt ceiling battle\">long-awaited meeting<\/a> is due to\u200d take place \u2062in Sochi on Russia\u2019s southwest coast on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Turkish officials have confirmed that the pair will discuss renewing the Black Sea grain initiative, which the Kremlin pulled out of six weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>The deal \u2014 brokered by the United Nations and Turkey in July 2022 \u2014 had allowed nearly 33 million \u2062metric tons (36 million tons) of\u2064 grain and \u2063other commodities\u2064 to \u2063leave three Ukrainian ports safely despite Russia\u2019s war.<\/p>\n<p>However,\u200b Russia broke away from the agreement after claiming that a parallel \u200bdeal promising to \u2063remove obstacles \u200cto Russian exports of food and\u2063 fertilizer hadn\u2019t been \u2064honored.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow complained that\u2062 restrictions on shipping and insurance hampered its agricultural trade, even though it has shipped record amounts of \u200dwheat\u200c since last year.<\/p>\n<p>The Sochi summit follows talks between the Russian and\u200b Turkish foreign ministers on \u200bThursday, during which Russia handed over a list of actions that the West would have to take in order for Ukraine\u2019s Black Sea exports to \u200cresume.<\/p>\n<p>Erdogan has indicated sympathy with Putin\u2019s position.<\/p>\n<p>In July, he said Putin had \u201ccertain expectations \u200cfrom Western countries\u201d over the \u200bBlack Sea deal and that it\u2062 was\u2062 \u201ccrucial for these countries to take\u200c action in this regard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><h3>Escalating Violence and War Crimes<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in Ukraine, two \u200bpeople were killed and two others were wounded during Russian \u2063shelling Sunday on the village of\u200b Vuhledar in the Donetsk area.<\/p>\n<p>Artillery fire hit\u200c eight settlements across the region, Ukraine\u2019s National \u2062Police wrote on Telegram.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian prosecutors also announced\u200d Sunday that \u2064they had opened a war crimes investigation into the death of a police officer killed by Russian shelling on the town of Seredyna-Buda on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Two other police officers and one civilian \u2064were wounded\u2064 during the\u200c attack, which hit Ukraine\u2019s north-eastern Sumy region.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic\">The Western Journal has reviewed this Associated Press\u2062 story and \u2063may have altered it prior to publication to ensure that \u2064it meets our editorial standards.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-russia-attacks-ukrainian-port-key-grain-deal-talks-putin-turkeys-president\/\">Shipments in Peril\u200b as 3-Hour \u200cDrone Barrage \u200dSlams Port to \u200d&#8217;Provoke a\u2062 Food Crisis&#8217;<\/a> appeared first\u200d on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Officials reported that two individuals were hospitalized after a 3\u00bd-hour drone attack on Ukraine&#8217;s Odesa region port. 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