Russian oil and grain exports halted after Ukraine drone strike near Black Sea port
A Ukrainian drone strike damaged a Russian ship near the port of Novorossiysk, forcing the key export hub for Moscow's oil and grain to temporarily halt traffic.
The port of Novorossiysk is home to a Russian navy base and exports about 600,000 barrels of oil a day. The attack was preceded by a number of Russian assaults on Kyiv's grain export infrastructure these past weeks, such as Wednesday drone strike on Ukraine's primary inland port on the Danube River. , the attack damaged 40,000 tons of grain headed towards African nations, as well as China and Israel.
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