Russia attacked Ukraine’s main inland port across the Danube River from Romania on Wednesday sending global food prices higher as it ramps up its use of force to prevent Ukraine from exporting grain . The attacks destroyed buildings in the port of Izmail and halted ships in their tracks as they prepared to arrive there to load up with Ukrainian grain in defiance of a defacto blockade Russia reimposed in midJuly .
Chicago wheat prices rose by nearly five per cent following the attack and were still up .pc at over . a bushel as of GMT on concern about a hit to global supplies . Russia has attacked its agricultural and port infrastructure for more than two weeks since refusing to extend an agreement that had lifted its wartime blockade of Ukrainian ports last year .
Moscow has described its recent attacks on Ukraines grain infrastructure as retaliation for a Ukrainian strike on a bridge to Crimea used to supply its troops in southern Ukraine . Ukraine is one of the worlds top grain exporters. The Kremlin said Putin reiterated its condition for rejoining the grain exports .
Putin and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has made no official visits abroad this year and has left former Soviet territory only once since launching his invasion a day trip to Tehran more than a year ago . Putin wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes have made no Official visits abroad .
Moscow says it will treat civilian targets as potential targets . The Kremlin has said it will treating civilians as potential potential targets. The UN and Turkey says it would treat civilians. The strikes have said they will treat them as potential military targets.
It has also said it has said that it will not treat them. It will treat the ships to a potential targets and said it would not treat the civilians. It would treat the military.
