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Ex-Russian president Medvedev warns of more port missile strikes
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MOSCOW warns it will launch more strikes against Ukrainian ports in response to Kiev drone strikes on Russian ships in the Black Sea, Reuters reports.
Former Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev, now deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, spoke after attacks on a Russian warship in the Port of Novorossiysk, and against a tanker off Crimea.
He was referring to an attack of a Russian Navy landing ship that was reported to be badly damaged.
Said former Russian president Medvedev: "Scumbags and freaks understand only cruelty and force. Apparently, the strikes on Odesa, Izmail, and other places were not enough for them."
Russia has in recent weeks targeted Odesa, where the Ukrainian Navy is based, and Izmail, Ukraine's main inland port across the Danube River from Romania, damaging port infrastructure and grain facilities.
Moscow, which last month withdrew from a deal that had allowed Ukraine to safely export its grain via the Black Sea, began the port attacks after a Ukrainian strike on the bridge which links Russia with Crimea.
The United Nations, the Pope, and some Western and African countries have urged Russia to return to the grain deal, something Moscow has said it will only do if and when an agreement designed to facilitate the export of Russian grain and fertilisers is implemented.
Former Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev, now deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, spoke after attacks on a Russian warship in the Port of Novorossiysk, and against a tanker off Crimea.
He was referring to an attack of a Russian Navy landing ship that was reported to be badly damaged.
Said former Russian president Medvedev: "Scumbags and freaks understand only cruelty and force. Apparently, the strikes on Odesa, Izmail, and other places were not enough for them."
Russia has in recent weeks targeted Odesa, where the Ukrainian Navy is based, and Izmail, Ukraine's main inland port across the Danube River from Romania, damaging port infrastructure and grain facilities.
Moscow, which last month withdrew from a deal that had allowed Ukraine to safely export its grain via the Black Sea, began the port attacks after a Ukrainian strike on the bridge which links Russia with Crimea.
The United Nations, the Pope, and some Western and African countries have urged Russia to return to the grain deal, something Moscow has said it will only do if and when an agreement designed to facilitate the export of Russian grain and fertilisers is implemented.