War Ukraine – Russia, last minute | Russia fires anti-ship missiles in military 'successful exercise' to shoot down Black Sea target

The war in Ukraine turns 512 days without signs of an end. It will be “long and difficult”, admitted a senior adviser to the Ukrainian presidency. After the Russian withdrawal from the grain agreement that has allowed the export of more than 32 million tons since then, Russia has declared any ship heading towards Ukrainian ports as a military objective.

Since the withdrawal, Russia has been employed in the destruction of Ukrainian ports and infrastructure dedicated to the export of agricultural products. Moscow attacked Odessa with Kalibr cruise missiles this morning for the fourth consecutive night.

Russia is already carrying out military exercises in the Black Sea to destroy ships with missiles and isolate the northwestern area that has been closed to shipping.

The crew of the Ivanovets ship of the Black Sea Fleet “fired anti-ship cruise missiles at the target ship (…) in the northwestern part of the Black Sea”. From the Russian Defense Ministry, led by Sergei Shoigu, “they confirmed the success of the combat exercise, since the target ship was destroyed as a result of a missile attack.”

For their part, Ukrainian troops have been using US-supplied cluster bombs for “the past week or so.”