Russia attacks Ukrainian port on Danube, Zelenskyy urges US to send Patriots
Regional authorities said the overnight strike damaged port infrastructure and sparked a fire as Russia and Ukraine traded attacks across the Black Sea region.
- On Thursday, August 13, 2026, Russian forces struck the Izmail port area on the Danube overnight, damaging infrastructure and triggering a fire in the Odesa region, regional authorities said.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky told CNN on Wednesday that Ukraine needs at least 5 percent of the United States' Patriot interceptor stockpile to ward off surging Russian ballistic missile attacks.
- Zelensky noted Ukraine currently holds only 1 percent of required interceptors, adding that acquiring 10 percent would allow the country to "destroy all the Russians' ballistic missiles."
- Meanwhile, Romania scrambled two fighter jets after an aerial target entered its airspace for about 10 minutes, while Russia reported downing 362 Ukrainian drones overnight.
- Military aid for Ukraine hit 7.2 billion euros in June, the highest level since April 2024, as the European Union's new Ukraine Support Loan bolstered defense funding.
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Russia is exploiting Ukraine's air defense gaps to the fullest, hitting a major grain export port on the Danube last night, as well as gas station infrastructure. Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukraine needs five percent of its stock of American Patriot missiles to survive the winter.
Russia strikes Ukrainian Danube port rail hub – MOD
Moscow is intensifying pressure on logistics networks in Odessa Region Russian forces have struck a railway hub at the Ukrainian Danube port of Izmail, the Defense Ministry in Moscow reported on Friday, as Russia continues to target logistics networks in Ukraine’s Odessa Region. According to the ministry, overnight drone strikes hit railway infrastructure in Izmail...
Drones hit port facilities in the Izmail region, in the southwestern region of Odessa - Any strike on the facilities could cause delays in loading, congestion on the Danube corridors and the transfer of cargo to other ports in the region
The Ukrainian port of Izmail, on the Danube River, was struck by Russia overnight from Wednesday, August 12th to Thursday, August 13th. This latest attack comes as Ukrainian grain infrastructure is regularly targeted, and as Ukraine retaliates by attacking, among other targets, the Russian port of Novorossiysk on the Black Sea. As a result, the two major global suppliers of wheat and corn are seeing their export capacities weakened, raising conc…
Russia attacked during the early morning the largest Ukrainian port of grain embarkation on the Danube River, causing damage and a fire, authorities said this Thursday, after President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine needs more American Patriot missiles, used in air defense, to cross the winter.
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