Russian drone attack hits Danube port infrastructure - Ukraine

A firefighter works at a site which was hit during Russia's drone attacks in Odesa region, Ukraine September 3, 2023. Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Odesa region/Handout via REUTERS

(Reuters) -Russian drones hit Danube River port infrastructure that is critical to Ukraine's grain exports, injuring at least two people in the attack on southern parts of the Odesa region on Sunday, Ukrainian officials said.

The Danube has become Ukraine's main route for exporting grain since July, when Russia quit a U.N. and Turkey-brokered deal that had given safe passage to Kyiv's exports of grains, oilseeds and vegetables oils via the Black Sea.