Crop Facilities Hit at Ukraine Port, Adding to War’s Food Damage
- Sites owned by Viterra and Bunge struck in Wednesday attacks
- Russian forces fired at least seven missiles at Mykolayiv
Artillery shells in a field not far from the city of Mykolaiv, Ukraine on June 12.
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Infrastructure owned by two major agriculture traders was damaged in Russian attacks at one of the biggest crop-handling ports in Ukraine, adding to the mounting losses suffered by its farm sector.
Rocket strikes on the Ukrainian port city of Mykolayiv on Wednesday damaged a terminal owned by agricultural trader Viterra, and the site is on fire, a company spokesperson said. Bunge Ltd. also said one of its facilities was hit and a city rescue brigade was at the site.