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Moscow launched drones and missiles in what Ukraine’s president said was a deliberate attack on facilities his country uses to export food.

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Russian forces launched a barrage of missiles and drones at Odesa, not usually a major target, a day after important shifts in the conduct of the war.

A day after blaming Kyiv for attacking a bridge to occupied Crimea, Russia launched a wave of strikes from the Black Sea, Ukrainian officials said.

The Kremlin terminated an agreement that had allowed Ukraine to export its grain by sea despite a wartime blockade, a deal seen as essential to keeping global food prices stable.

Moscow, which has repeatedly complained that the U.N.-brokered agreement is one-sided in Ukraine’s favor, said it could return to the deal if its demands were met.

A deadly attack on the Kerch Strait Bridge was the latest blow to a Russian military already dealing with internal strife.

The Kremlin terminated an agreement that had allowed Ukraine to export its grain by sea despite a wartime blockade, a deal seen as essential to keeping global food prices stable.

Calls to overhaul the police go back decades. But violent episodes of police enforcement continue. So do violent outpourings on the street.