Russia struck the area around Ukraine's largest Danube port of Izmail overnight, causing damage and setting off a fire, regional authorities said on the Telegram messaging app. Izmail, near the Romanian border in the southern region of Odesa, handles grain and other commodities, and the attack comes a day after Ukraine hit Novorossiysk, a major grain export hub in Russia's part of the Black Sea, reported Reuters. Romania, a member of NATO and the European Union, scrambled two fighter jets, its defense ministry said on X, adding that an aerial target spent about 10 minutes in national airspace before leaving for Ukraine.
