Turkey, Russia deny Ukraine attack on Odessa port

The Turkish defense minister said Russia assured Turkey on Saturday that it was not involved in the attack on the Ukrainian port of Odessa.

“The Russians told us that they had absolutely nothing to do with the attack and that they were looking into the matter very closely,” Minister Hulusi Akar said a day after Kyiv and Moscow signed an agreement to restart grain exports in Istanbul. by war.

Akar said he was “concerned” about the attacks in Turkey’s Odessa port. “We will continue to assume our responsibilities in the agreement we made yesterday,” Akar said.

The agreement should allow 20 to 25 million tons of grain exports, which were blocked in Ukraine due to the conflict in the country.