VIDEOS: Russian missiles strike Odesa hours after grain deal was signed

Less than 24 hours after Russia and Ukraine signed a grain deal, the Kremlin launched two missiles on Saturday that hit Odesa Harbor, one of the main export hubs in the Black Sea.

The strikes were captured on videos, showing the exact moment they strike the port city and the aftermath that ensued. The missiles blew out windows on buildings for miles away and left many others on fire.

This morning in Odessa port
An agreement with the russians is not worth the paper on which it is written pic.twitter.com/Iq9YoxYcGS

— Xenta (@Xenta777) July 23, 2022

Ukraine, however, managed to control some of the damage as its air defenses shot down two additional precision missiles that had been fired by Russia.

Ukrainian parliament member Oleksiy Goncharenko told CNN that Russia is “showing that they want to continue to threaten the world’s food security.”

Last week, Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, and the U.N. signed a deal to resume Ukraine’s grain exports. Before the war broke out between Russia and Ukraine on February 24, Ukraine supplied 11% of the world’s grains.

However, a Russian blockade around Ukraine’s Black Sea ports has sent food prices soaring due to the lack of available supply, creating an international food crisis and food shortages in poorer countries.

Despite signing the deal, there is no explicit ceasefire stated in it. Russia only committed to “facilitate the unimpeded export of food, sunflower oil, and fertilizers.”

“Today's Russian missile attack on Odesa, on our port, is a cynical one, and it was also a blow to the political positions of Russia itself. If anyone in the world could still say that some kind of dialogue ... with Russia, some kind of agreements are needed, see what is happening. Today's Russian Kalibr missiles have destroyed the very possibility for such statements,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

It’s really preposterous when 🇷🇺 tells 🇹🇷 that it had nothing to do with the missile attack against the Odessa port. Kalibr cruise missiles are sophisticated weapons launched from ships and submarines of the 🇷🇺 navy and from nowhere else. pic.twitter.com/cTzzeWobb8

— Carl Bildt (@carlbildt) July 23, 2022

Initially, the Kremlin told Ankara that Russia had “nothing to do with this attack.” However, 12 hours later, Russia’s Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that the attack was indeed launched by Russia to take out “military infrastructure” in the port.

"Kalibr missiles destroyed military infrastructure in the port of Odesa, with a high-precision strike," she posted on her Telegram account.

While the strikes raised concerns about Russia’s commitment to the recent deal, it is yet unclear how the missile strike will affect Ukraine’s exports and any kind of dialogue between the two countries.

“This attack casts serious doubt on the credibility of Russia’s commitment to yesterday’s deal and undermines the work of the UN, Turkey, and Ukraine to get critical food to world markets,” the said U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. “Russia bears responsibility for deepening the global food crisis and must stop its aggression and fully implement the deal to which it has agreed.”