Three grain warehouses destroyed in Reni Seaport following drone attack
Explosion also damaged windows of buildings and structures in Reni Seaport
Three grain warehouses in the Reni Seaport were destroyed as a result of an attack by occupying forces using Iranian Shahed combat drones. This was reported on the website of the Reni-Odesa. Our Common Home publication, citing Ihor Plekhov, Head of the Reni community.
According to the report, about 15 Shahed drones were detected. Residents of Reni and surrounding villages heard a series of explosions. The blast wave also damaged windows of buildings and structures in the Reni Seaport. Local fires occurred, which were quickly extinguished.
"They are destroying the port," one grain handling entrepreneur told the publication at 5 a.m. on Monday.
The summary of the Operational Command South on Facebook also mentions a four-hour attack by Shahed-136 drones aimed at the Danube port infrastructure, reporting the destruction of a grain hangar, damage to storage tanks for other types of cargo and a fire in one of the production premises, which was quickly extinguished. One of the photos from the scene of the attack shows containers of the world leader in container transportation, Maersk Group. It is reported that three drones were destroyed by Air Defence Forces.
Background. It was previously reported that as a result of the russian attack on the port infrastructure in the Odessa region, six people were injured.
russia has been attacking Ukraine's port infrastructure, which is involved in maritime grain export, for several days in a row. Judging by the fact that Ukrainian companies are hastily evacuating their employees from port facilities, businesses anticipate that the shelling will continue in the near future.
At this point, up to 40% of the infrastructure of the Chornomorsk port has been damaged, with hits on the oil and grain terminals. The assets of companies Kernel, Viterra, CMA CGM Group, grain batches and terrestrial agricultural facilities have been affected. On the night of 24 July, enemy drones switched their focus to the infrastructure of the Danube ports.
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