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Russia Admits Ukraine Port Strike in U-Turn, Claims 'Military Targets' Hit.......Russia has admitted its forces are responsible for launching the missiles that hit the Ukrainian port of Odessa on Saturday, backtracking from its initial denial of involvement in the attack, which had raised doubts over a crucial grain export deal.

Maria Zakharova, a spokesperson for Russia's Foreign Ministry, wrote on her Telegram channel on Sunday that "Kalibr missiles destroyed military infrastructure in the port of Odessa, with a high-precision strike."

Russia's Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov confirmed the strike on the port of Odessa, saying that the missiles only hit military targets.

"In the seaport in the city of Odessa, on the territory of a shipyard, sea-based high-precision long-range missiles destroyed a docked Ukrainian warship and a warehouse with Harpoon anti-ship missiles supplied by the U.S. to the Kyiv regime," Konashenkov told a daily briefing. The port in the Ukrainian city was hit by cruise missiles only 12 hours after Russian and Ukrainian delegates signed a deal to get grain blocked in Ukraine out of the country and onto world markets, casting doubt on the viability of the deal.

According to Ukrainian authorities, the port was attacked by four missiles, two of which were shot down by Ukrainian air defense.

The damage caused by the strike is unclear: Ukraine's southern military command spokeswoman Nataliya Humenyuk said that no grain storage facilities were hit, while Turkey's defense minister said he had reports that one grain silo had been struck.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky called the attack "a cynical one" and "a blow to the political positions of Russia itself."