Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of deliberately targeting facilities used to export Ukrainian grain in the early hours of the morning, three days after the grain deal expired.

“Russian terrorists deliberately targeted the infrastructure of the grain agreement,” Zelensky complained via Telegram, adding that he was seeking to “strengthen the protection of persons and port infrastructure” to counter Russian attacks.

In his announcement, the president of Ukraine mentions the regions of Odesa (in southern Ukraine) and Zhytomyr (in western Ukraine).

According to the minister responsible for the Reconstruction of Ukraine, “the grain terminals and port infrastructure of Odessa and Chornomorsk were attacked.” “The warehouses and docks of the port of Odessa suffered damage,” he says in a statement on Telegram.

Ukraine’s general prosecutor’s office announced, also on Telegram, that this was “the biggest Russian attack” in the region, “grain and oil terminals were damaged”, as well as “houses, agricultural facilities and cars”.

Earlier, Ukraine’s army and air force announced that they had destroyed 23 of Russian forces’ 32 explosive-laden drones and 13 of 16 Russian Kalibr missiles in the Odesa region, home to three ports through which Kiev could export agricultural products, under the deal that expired at midnight on Monday.

According to governor Oleg Kiper, the Russian shelling injured 12 people in the area, 10 according to the general prosecutor’s office.