Russia-Ukraine War News LIVE Updates: Russian missiles hit grain facility at Odessa port

UK govt calls Odessa attack 'absolutely appalling'

UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss on Saturday called a Russian attack on the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odessa "absolutely appalling" and "completely unwarranted".Truss said the strike, just a day after a deal between Ukraine and Russia to unblock grain exports, showed that Russia's Vladimir Putin could not be trusted.

Russia finds ways 'not to implement' promises: Zelenskyy

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of routinely violating agreements after Moscow's forces Saturday bombed Odessa's port, a facility key to a grain export deal the warring parties signed a day earlier. "This proves only one thing: no matter what Russia says and promises, it will find ways not to implement it," Zelensky said during a meeting with US lawmakers, according to a statement from the presidency.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenksy accused Russia of routinely violating agreements after Moscow's forces Saturday bombed the Odessa port, key to a grain export deal the warring parties signed a day earlier.

Two Americans die in Ukraine's Donbas war zone

Two Americans have died in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region, the US State Department said Saturday, as fighting rages there after Russia focused its firepower on the area months after invading the country. Ukraine has established an international legion for volunteers with varying degrees of previous military training, although the State Department did not confirm whether the pair were in the country for combat purposes.

Ukraine says missile strike on Odesa port did not cause serious damage

Two Russian missiles hit the port of Odesa on Saturday but caused no significant damage, public broadcaster Suspilne said, quoting the Ukrainian military. A pumping station was hit and a strike caused a small fire that damaged houses around the port, the spokesperson for Ukraine's southern military command, Natalia Humeniuk, was quoted as saying.

Russian missiles hit grain facility at Odessa port: Ukraine military (AFP)

UN secretary-general condemns reported strikes on Ukraine's Odesa port

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres "unequivocally condemns" reported strikes on Saturday on Ukraine's Odesa port, a UN spokesperson said, adding that all parties in the Russia-Ukraine war had committed to a deal on Friday for the export of grains from Ukrainian ports. "These products are desperately needed to address the global food crisis and ease the suffering of millions of people in need around the globe," UN spokesperson Farhan Haq said in a statement. "Full implementation by the Russian Federation, Ukraine and Turkey is imperative."

Earlier this week, the Ukrainians bombarded the Antonivskyi Bridge across the Dnieper River using the US-supplied High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, Kirill Stremousov, deputy head of the Russia-appointed regional administration in Kherson, said.

Ukraine said Saturday that Russian missiles had struck the Odessa port, a key Black Sea terminal, one day after Moscow and Kyiv penned a deal to resume grain exports blocked by the war."The enemy attacked the Odessa sea port with Kalibr cruise missiles. Two of the missiles were shot down by air defences. Two hit port infrastructure," Sergiy Bratchuk, a representative of the Odessa region said in a statement on social media.

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UK military intelligence-in last 48 hours heavy fighting has been taking place as Ukrainian forces continued offensive against Russia in Kherson oblast

Airstrikes kill more Ukrainians despite grain export deal

Emergency workers recovered three bodies from a school hit by a Russian strike in eastern Ukraine, officials said Friday, one of a string of attacks on the nation. The casualties in the city of Kramatorsk followed a barrage Thursday on a densely populated area of Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv, that killed at least three people and wounded 23.

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Russia says Ukraine grain exports could be unlocked in 'days'

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said Friday that conditions were in place to unlock grain exports from Ukraine in the "next few days" and promised Moscow would not take advantage of de-mined Ukrainian ports."Today we have all the prerequisites and all the solutions for this process to begin in the next few days," Shoigu said after signing a landmark deal with the United Nations and Turkey on resuming grain shipments.

"Today, there is a beacon on the Black Sea. A beacon of hope (and) possibility... and relief in a world that needs it more than ever," Guterres said at a signing ceremony, calling on Russia and Ukraine to fully implement the accord.

Government ministers from Russia and Ukraine signed the deal separately, carefully avoiding sitting at the same table and avoiding shaking hands at the event in Istanbul.