“Military aggression damaged nearly 400 port infrastructure.”, – WRITE: www.unian.ua
Military aggression damaged nearly 400 port infrastructure.
Also, as a result of Russian shelling, many marine industry workers were injured / photo – UNIAN (Vitaliy Salo)Due to the military aggression of the Russian Federation, more than 100 employees of the maritime industry of Ukraine were injured, and the cost of repairing damaged infrastructure is about 1 billion euros. This was stated in Odessa during a speech at the Black Sea Security Forum, Andriy Kashuba Deputy Minister of Community Development and Territories of Ukraine.
“Almost 400 port infrastructure objects were damaged as a result of military aggression, 31 civilian vessels were damaged either on the raid or under the processing in ports. And, unfortunately, our most valuable resource is also suffering, these are people – marine workers, port workers – 106 civilians.
He also emphasized that all shelling is damaged property.
“The industry continues to function, despite martial law and constant shelling. When a full -scale invasion began, seaports were blocked … Ports are the key to economic security of the country. The key to economic security is food security …”, “the official said.
Kashuba noted that the situation later changed – the enemy ships were pushed away from the coast of Odessa region. During the existence of the maritime corridor, from 2023, in particular the ports of the Greater Odessa, 123 million tons of cargoes have been processed, of which cereals – 70 million tons.
Russia hit the ports in Odessa – what is knownAccording to UNIAN, the Russian army is constantly attacking the Ukrainian port infrastructure. In particular, on May 23, the enemy struck two Iskander-M ballistic missiles on the Odessa Maritime Commercial Port.
A 40-year-old employee of a private cargo transportation enterprise was killed. Another 8 people were injured, of which four were in serious condition and one of them-71-year-old Odessa-died in hospital in the evening. The next day, it became known that a 41-year-old man died of injuries. As a result of the attack, the machine compartment was damaged, windows and doors in administrative buildings were knocked out, vehicles and equipment were destroyed.
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