STATEMENT by the President of the Danube Commission on the Russian attack on the Danube infrastructure 24 July 2023
According to the official information of Ukraine, on the night of July 24, Russia attacked the port infrastructure in one of the Danube ports of Odesa region with “Shahed-136” type UAVs causing a fire, destroying a hangar with grain and tanks for storing other types of cargo.
Russia’s attack on the Danube ports poses a security threat to the freedom of navigation on the Danube, and in the current circumstances can be assessed as a consistent effort to disrupt global food security. These actions are unacceptable.