Black Sea shipping attacks by Russia and Ukraine threaten global grain exports

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Russian strikes kill at least 26 in southern Ukrainian village after Kherson truce ends

Russian strikes on a southern Ukrainian village on Monday killed at least 26 people, including civilians collecting humanitarian aid, emergency workers and police officers, hours after a rare ceasefire expired. Overnight into Tuesday, Russian ballistic missiles and aerial bombs hit a medical facility and power plants, injuring at least 73 people. Fighting has resumed in the Kherson region after the six-day truce, the longest of the war. Zelenskyy is due in Berlin to meet Chancellor Merz ahead of trilateral talks with Russia and the US in Abu Dhabi next week.

• Kyiv says at least nine 3,000kg aerial bombs hit the village on Monday, killing 18 people at an aid centre, and local officials say 27 people are missing.
• Ukraine and Russia each reported hacks of their emergency alert apps as the truce ended and traded blame.
• Russian state media say Ukrainian drones set fire to the Kstovo refinery in Nizhny Novgorod region after a major strike on a Rosneft refinery in Samara region.
• Attacks on Black Sea shipping are putting grain exports at risk, according to a report, after Erdogan urged both sides on Saturday to stop them and agreed with Zelenskyy to work on a new grain corridor.