Shipowners Halt Calls at Ukraine's Black Sea Ports, Wary of Russian Strikes

KYIV, July 23 (Reuters) – Shipowners halted vessel arrivals at Ukraine’s Black Sea ports due to intensified Russian strikes, Kyiv said, as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned Moscow might escalate attacks in order to block the country’s main corridor for grain exports.

In recent weeks, Russia has pummeled logistics and port infrastructure in the southern Odesa region with missiles and drones. On Sunday, a missile strike on a ship carrying corn killed 10 people, mostly foreigners, Ukrainian officials said.

“Yesterday… not a single ship entered the port,” Zelenskiy told reporters on Thursday. “They’ve been hitting all