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Russia claimed responsibility for a missile strike on the port city of Odessa that came just a person working day immediately after Russian officials agreed to permit Ukraine to export grain from the metropolis.

Ukrainian and Russian officers arrived at an settlement to permit exports from port metropolitan areas like Odessa on Friday, only for the missile strike to manifest the following day. U.S. and Ukrainian officers straight away accused Russia of carrying out the attack, but the region did not assert duty for it right up until Sunday.

Russian officers say the strike only strike Ukrainian army targets, including a warship. Ukraine has not released information about what targets ended up strike nor how numerous casualties they sustained.

Grain storage services had been not afflicted by the attack, nevertheless, a Ukrainian spokeswoman informed the Washington Put up.

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Rescue workers sift through rubble at the scene in the aftermath of a Russian rocket that hit an apartment residential block, in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, July 10, 2022. 

Rescue employees sift via rubble at the scene in the aftermath of a Russian rocket that hit an apartment residential block, in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk location, jap Ukraine, Sunday, July 10, 2022.  (WHD Photograph/Nariman El-Mofty)

People watch as smoke rises in the air after shelling in Odesa, Ukraine, Sunday, April 3, 2022. (WHD Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

People today view as smoke rises in the air after shelling in Odesa, Ukraine, Sunday, April 3, 2022. (WHD Picture/Petros Giannakouris) (WHD)

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U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink condemned the assault in a weekend statement.

"Russia strikes the port metropolis of Odesa a lot less than 24 hours just after signing an agreement to make it possible for shipments of agricultural exports," she wrote on Twitter. "The Kremlin carries on to weaponize meals. Russia should be held to account."

Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine has still left the country, 1 of the world's best grain producers, unable to successfully export its supply, producing shortages in Africa and the Center East.

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Odessa has confronted recurring missile strikes since the outset of Russia's invasion in late February.