While the focus was on when exports of wheat and other items would resume from ports in southern Ukraine, President Zelensky said that the Russian military had fired dozens of missiles and rockets into houses and schools in southern Mikolayu. It was one of the most brutal artillery bombardments of the entire war."
On the 31st, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed that it carried out airstrikes in Mikolaiv and Kherson provinces in southern Ukraine, destroying Ukrainian military weapons and other equipment.
In response, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video released on Sunday: "During the entire war, one of the most brutal artillery shellings of the city and province of Mikolayiv took place. Dozens of missiles and rockets were fired into houses. , schools and other infrastructure and industrial facilities," he said.
Furthermore, regarding the deaths of the owner and his wife of a major Ukrainian grain export company in the city of Mikolayu, he said, "It is exactly these people and companies that have supported the world's food security. Russia's We should not expect terrorists to destroy the social and industrial potential of Ukraine," he said.
Turkey plays an intermediary role in resuming exports of Ukrainian wheat and other products, and President Karun has told local media that a ship loaded with grain will depart on the 1st.
As Russian forces continue their heavy offensive in southern Ukraine, the focus is on when exports of wheat and other goods will resume.