'Barbaric' Putin Attacks Port Just After Grain Deal

Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of "barbarism" over a missile attack on the port of Odesa that left the war zone's grain export deal in jeopardy.

- Cyril Dixon

The Ukrainian President warned that the strike, just a day after the breakthrough agreement was signed, proves Vladimir Putin cannot be trusted.

Kyiv said yesterday that the two Russian Kalibr missiles had left many injured and damaged the infrastructure of Odesa's port on the Black Sea.

Mr Zelensky emphasised that trust had also been undermined after Friday's deal had hoped to provide a safe passage for his country's exports.

Observers believed the accord would allow the delivery of millions of tons of grain blockaded in the Ukrainian ports.

Mr Zelensky said: "If anyone in the world could have said before this that some kind of dialogue with Russia, some kind of agreements would be necessary, look at what is happening."

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Moscow claims it carried out the strike to destroy a Ukrainian military vessel and US-supplied Harpoon anti-ship missiles.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the attack "casts serious doubt on the credibility of Russia's commitment to the deal".