Between bombings and air raid s, life in Odesa goes on
Jul 29, 2022
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By Peter Beaumont ODESA
Barely 12 hours after Moscow signed a deal with Ukraine to allow monitored grain exports from Ukraine’s southern ports, Russia targeted the country’s main port of Odesa – through which grain shipments would take place – with cruise missile strikes.
The attack raised new doubts about the viability of the deal, which was intended to release about 20m tonnes of grain to ward off famine in parts of the developing world.
In one of the largest attacks on the city since the war began, the airstrikes rattled buildings in the city centre and sent up a
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