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Russia resumed its targeting of grain infrastructure in Ukraine’s southern Odesa region, officials said Wednesday, using drones in overnight strikes on storage facilities and ports
The Russian currency passed 101 rubles to the dollar on Monday, losing more than a third of its value since the beginning of the year.
On Monday, the Russian currency passed 101 rubles to the dollar, continuing a more than 25% decline in its value since the beginning of the year.
The Zaporizhzhia plant with its six reactors has been controlled by the Russian military since the early days of Moscow’s invasion in February 2022.
Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said seven people, including five civilians, were killed. Overnight, regional officials said that eight people had died.
The port — which hosts a naval base, shipbuilding yards and an oil terminal and is key for exports — lies just across the Black Sea from Crimea.
Russia has relentlessly attacked Ukrainian agricultural and port infrastructure for more than two weeks, since refusing to extend the Black Sea agreement.
Russian officials have claimed that the intensified attacks on the capital region reflect failures in Ukraine’s counteroffensive.
African leaders pressed Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday to move ahead with their peace plan to end the Ukraine war and renew a deal on the export of Ukrainian grain.
The Institute of Study of War reported that Ukrainian forces launched “a significant mechanized counteroffensive operation in western Zaporizhzhia region” on Wednesday.