Romania’s President Klaus Iohannis, issued a warning on Monday July 24 regarding the security situation in the Black Sea. He expressed concern over the risk to security posed by Russia’s actions targeting Ukrainian port infrastructure on the Danube river, which is situated at the border with a NATO member country.
Romania’s President Klaus Iohannis on Monday warned that security in the Black Sea was at risk after Russia hit Ukrainian port infrastructure on the Danube river at the border with the NATO member.
Amateur footage posted on social media by a Romanian showed an explosion just across a river, as drones appeared to hit the Ukrainian port of Reni on the Danube.
Ukrainian officials reported a four-hour Russian drone attack on port infrastructure in the southern Odesa region.
Reni is a Ukrainian port town where the Danube forms a natural frontier with Romania, while also situated just a few kilometers from the Moldovan border.
The Danube delta region, which spans across Romania and Ukraine, is being used as an export route for Ukrainian grain.
Russia last week pulled out of a key deal which had allowed the safe export of Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea.
Since then Kyiv has accused Russia of targeting grain supplies and infrastructure vital to exports.
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, a large amount of Ukrainian grain exports have been shipped through Romania’s Black Sea port of Constanta.
Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu on Monday called on Russia to stop air strikes on Ukrainian port infrastructure.
Khalil Wakim, with AFP
