2023-07-25 15:37:00
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Tensions are rising as Russia attacks a Ukrainian port just off the coast of NATO ally Romania.
The attack by Russia was the closest attack to NATO ally territory since the start of the war last year.
Reporter Kim Won-bae reports.
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A Russian drone strike destroyed three grain warehouses in the Danube River port in the town of Leni, Odessa province, Ukraine.
The Russian attack lasted four hours and left seven people injured, including one seriously.
The town of Reni faces North Atlantic Treaty Organization and NATO ally Romania across the Danube River.
At the time of the Russian attack, six Romanian ships in the port of Leni were evacuated to the Romanian side of the river and were unharmed.
As Russia stopped participating in the Black Sea Grain Agreement on the 17th and continued massive airstrikes on the major port city of Odessa, Danube ports such as Leni and Ismail have become more important than ever.
Ukraine exports 2 million tonnes of grain every month through the Danube.
The New York Times reported that the risk of direct conflict with NATO is growing as Russia attacks ports on the Danube.
It was the first time Russia had attacked a port on the Danube, and it was the closest attack to NATO ally territory since the invasion of Ukraine.
NATO operates a collective defense system in which, when one of its allies is attacked, it considers all of them to be attacked and responds.
So if Romania or Poland, which borders Ukraine, is attacked by Russia, NATO will inevitably respond.
US wheat futures prices rose to their highest level in five months since February 21 following Russia attacked Ukraine’s Danube River ports, Archyde.com reported.
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