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Ukrainian officials on Monday morning reported a massive barrage of Russian strikes on critical infrastructure in Kyiv, Kharkiv and other cities.
The missile strikes came days after Russia blamed Ukraine for drone attacks on its Crimea fleet in the Black Sea.
At least five explosions were heard in the Ukrainian capital between 8am and 8.20am.
Explosions were also reported in Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Kremenchuk and Vinnytsia regions among others.
Kyiv had already been hit on October 10 and 17 by drones.
After Monday’s blasts, mayor Vitali Klitschko said in a Telegram message: “An area of Kyiv is without electricity and certain areas without water following Russian strikes”.
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Monday’s attack on the Ukrainian capital comes after Russia pulled out of a landmark agreement that allowed vital grain shipments via a maritime safety corridor.
Cargo ships loaded with grain and other agricultural products left Ukrainian ports on Monday despite Russia’s decision to pull out from the agreement designed to ease a global food crisis.
As one of the brokers of the grain deal, Türkiye has stepped up diplomacy with the two warring countries in a bid to save it as Russia warned that continuing to enforce the agreement without its participation would be “dangerous”.
At least 10 ships including the Ikaria Angel – chartered by the World Food Programme and loaded with 30,000 tonnes of wheat destined for an emergency response in the Horn of Africa – left Ukrainian ports on Monday, according to a website that tracks marine traffic.


“Civilian cargo ships can never be a military target or held hostage. The food must flow,” Amir M. Abdulla, the UN Coordinator for the Black Sea Grain Initiative, tweeted on Monday.
In all, 12 ships were due to leave Ukrainian ports on Monday and four more were due to head to the country, according to the Joint Coordination Center (JCC) that has been overseeing the agreement brokered by Türkiye and the UN.
The marine traffic came two days after Russia notified the UN and Türkiye that it was suspending its participation in the grain agreement, after Moscow accused Ukraine of a “massive” drone attack on its Black Sea Fleet in Crimea.
Ukraine has labelled the Russian charges as a “false pretext”.
Moscow also withdrew from ship inspections, which were mandatory under the deal.
Grain prices were up on Monday morning after the Russian decision.
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In his evening address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said “This is an absolutely transparent intention of Russia to return the threat of large-scale famine to Africa and Asia,” he added.
Sevastopol in Moscow-annexed Crimea has been targeted several times in recent months and serves as the Black Sea fleet’s headquarters and a logistical hub for operations in Ukraine.
Russia’s army claimed to have “destroyed” nine aerial drones and seven maritime ones in an attack on the port early on Saturday.

It alleged British “specialists” based in the southern Ukrainian city of Ochakiv had helped prepare and train Kyiv to carry out the strike.
In a further singling out of the UK – which Moscow sees as one of the most unfriendly Western countries – Russia said the same British unit was involved in explosions on the Nord Stream gas pipelines last month.
Britain strongly rebutted both claims, saying “the Russian Ministry of Defence is resorting to peddling false claims of an epic scale”.
Moscow’s military said ships targeted at their Crimean base were involved in the grain deal.
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Russia had recently criticised the deal, saying its own grain exports have suffered due to Western sanctions.
Mikhail Razvozhayev, the Moscow-installed governor of Sevastopol, said Saturday’s drone attack was the “most massive” the peninsula had seen.
Attacks on Crimea, annexed by Moscow in 2014, have increased recently as Kyiv presses a counteroffensive in the south to retake territory held by Moscow.
In early October, Moscow’s key bridge linking Crimea to the Russian mainland was damaged by a blast that President Vladimir Putin blamed on Ukraine.
Kyiv said Sunday its troops in the south are “holding their positions and hit the enemy to create conditions for further offensive actions.”
Moscow-installed authorities in Kherson, just north of Crimea, have vowed to turn the city into a fortress, preparing for an inevitable assault.
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Ukraine said Russia launched a massive wave of missile attacks across the country early Monday
Moscow accused Kyiv of strikes against its Black Sea fleet and pulled out of a grain-export deal



Ukraine said Russia launched a massive wave of missile attacks across the country, after the Kremlin accused Kyiv of strikes against its Black Sea fleet and pulled out of a grain-export deal.


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Ukraine war: power out in Kyiv after Russian missile strikes; grain ships move again

Ukraine said Russia launched a massive wave of missile attacks across the country early Monday Moscow accused Kyiv of strikes against its Black Sea fleet and pulled out of a grain-export deal

Ukraine said Russia launched a massive wave of missile attacks across the country early Monday

Moscow accused Kyiv of strikes against its Black Sea fleet and pulled out of a grain-export deal