Russia Strikes Ukraine’s Danube Port, Driving Up Global Grain Prices

Russia Strikes Ukraine’s Danube Port, Driving Up Global Grain Prices
A building of the Black Sea Danube shipping company destroyed during a Russian drone strike in Izmail, Odesa region, Ukraine, on Aug. 2, 2023. Nina Liashenko/Reuters
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KYIV—Russia attacked Ukraine’s main inland port across the Danube River from Romania on Wednesday, sending global food prices higher as it ramped up its use of force to prevent Ukraine from exporting grain.

The drone attacks destroyed buildings in the port of Izmail and halted ships as they prepared to arrive there to load with Ukrainian grain in defiance of a de-facto blockade Russia reimposed in mid-July.