Fishing on the Romanian shore of the Danube on Tuesday, beekeeper Gabi Popescu could see barges loading grain in the Ukrainian river port of Izmail, a day after Russia launched its third overnight strike against port infrastructure.
The attack rattled windows in the Romanian border village of Plauru across the river and Popescu's trailer shook.
Romania strongly denied it had been hit, but the attacks on Ukraine’s river ports, just hundreds of metres from the Romanian border, have increased security risks for NATO which has a collective defence commitment. "But, yes, we are concerned, because these attacks are taking place very close to the Romanian border. I was ... told today there were verified attacks 800 metres from our border, so very, very close."
In the most dramatic incident, two people were killed in Poland by a missile that fell near the border last November. Poland and NATO allies later said it was aThe Danube river is now Ukraine's main route out for grain after access to its own Black Sea ports was cut off after Russia in mid-July left a safe passage grain corridor agreement brokered by the United Nations and Turkey. Since then, Russia has attacked Ukraine’s river ports Izmail and Reni repeatedly.
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