„I strongly condemn the recent Russian attacks against the Ukrainian🇺🇦 civilian infrastructure on Danube, very close to Romania. This recent escalation poses serious risks to the security in the Black Sea. It also affects further Ukrainian grain transit & thus the global food security,” Iohannis wrote on Twitter.
Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu also condemned recent Russian attacks on Ukraine near the Romanian border.
He said the targeting of port infrastructure is more proof of Russia’s intention to undermine Ukrainian grain exports to global markets, seriously damaging world food security.
„The deterioration of global food security is one of the multiple consequences of the war of aggression launched by the Russian Federation against Ukraine. Romania will continue to support Ukraine in order to identify practical solutions for the continuation of additional grain exports to global markets,” Ciolacu added.
On the night of July 23 to July 24, Russia launched an almost four-hour attack involving Shahed-136 kamikaze drones at the port infrastructure on the Danube including at Reni which is near Romania.
It is believed to be closest hit to Romanian territory since the beginning of the war. Reni is about 200m from Romania across the Danube and 10 kilometers from the Romanian port city of Galati.
Ukraine’s Operational Command South said that Ukrainian air defenses had intercepted three Shahed-136 drones. As a result of the strikes, a grain hangar was destroyed, tanks for storing other types of cargo were damaged, and a fire broke out in one of the production premises.
