The grain corridor — a Black Sea shipping route that handles 90% of Ukraine’s agricultural exports — has not been officially closed, but it is under enormous strain as Russia steps up missile attacks on Odesa Oblast, Oleh Khomenko, CEO of the Ukrainian Agribusiness Club (UCAB), told the Kyiv Independent on July 24.
Ukrainian forces downed 109 out of the 133 drones, including Shahed-type attack drones, launched by Russia overnight, the Air Force reported. Twenty-four drones drones struck 19 different locations, and debris fell in three more areas.
The figure includes 1,500 casualties Russian forces suffered over the past day.
Ukrainian forces struck a Russian airbase in Engels, an oil refinery in Saratov, and a warehouse belonging to Russian online retail giant Wildberries in Novosemeykino overnight on Aug. 2, monitoring channels reported.
The suspect, a security guard, and a patron of the restaurant were killed, and 21 others were injured, Russia's anti-terrorism committee reported.
A Russian drone struck a warehouse belonging to Ukrainian online retailer Rozetka in Kyiv Oblast on Aug. 1, killing one employee and injuring seven others.
Zelensky said Yanina was a sanctioned Russian container ship with a capacity of more than 100,000 metric tons.
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Founder and CEO Tatiana Kim claimed that Wildberries entrepreneurs in Russia and partner countries, including China and Kazakhstan, had "suffered losses amounting to billions."
