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  • On Friday, an agreement was signed between Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul with the UN and Turkey on the export of Ukrainian cereals to the Black Sea, blocked due to the armed conflict between the two countries.

  • But on Saturday Russian strikes hit the port of Odessa, assured Ukraine, accusing Vladimir Putin of having "spit in the face" of the UN and Turkey and of compromising the application of the agreement.

  • The bombardment injured several people.

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9:25 am: Moscow has "not given up on Odessa", says the French ambassador to Ukraine

“The Russians have not given up on their objectives,” explained Étienne de Poncins, the French ambassador to Ukraine, on Saturday evening on BFMTV, adding that Odessa “is one of them”.

According to him, these strikes are not necessarily a surprise since there is "a risk of bombing all over Ukraine since February 24".

9:24 am: What happened on Saturday in Odessa?

On Saturday, Russian strikes hit the port of Odessa, assured Ukraine, accusing Vladimir Putin of having "spit in the face" of the UN and Turkey and of compromising the application of the agreement signed the watches over the resumption of grain exports blocked by the war.

Without reacting directly, Moscow denied any involvement in these strikes to Ankara.

“The port of Odessa, where grain is processed for shipment, was bombed.

We shot down two missiles, and two more missiles hit the territory of the port, where, obviously, there is grain,” a spokesman for the Ukrainian Air Force said.

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