Russia Launches Heavy Missile Attacks On Kyiv After Grain-Deal Fallout: Ukraine Says 'Putin's Only Goal Is Death And Destruction'

Vladimir Putin's Russia rocked Kyiv with a series of blasts after pulling out of a deal to allow Ukrainian grain shipments.

What Happened: A series of blasts were heard in Kyiv on Monday, and authorities also reported several Russian missile strikes across the country, reported Reuters. 

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"Another batch of Russian missiles hits Ukraine's critical infrastructure. Instead of fighting on the battlefield, Russia fights civilians," Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said.

"Don't justify these attacks by calling them a ‘response.' Russia does this because it still has the missiles and the will to kill Ukrainians," he added

Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Oleg Nikolenko said the Russian missiles had hit energy infrastructure in the capital and other cities, causing electricity and water outages. "Russia is not interested in peace talks, nor in global food security. Putin's only goal is death and destruction."

This comes after Russia backtracked from a U.N.-brokered deal over the weekend to export grains after blaming Kyiv for an attack on its Black Sea fleet in a Crimean port with 16 drones on Saturday. However, Kyiv neither confirmed nor denied it was behind the Black Sea attack.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken also accused Putin of weaponizing food with the halt of Black Sea grain exports. "Any act by Russia to disrupt these critical grain exports is essentially a statement that people and families around the world should pay more for food or go hungry," said Blinken.

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