Russian forces hammered the port of Odesa for the second day in a row after Moscow quit a United Nations-brokered Ukraine grain export deal.

The attacks on Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning were wider and more intense than the day before, with the nearby port of Chernomorsk having been targeted as well.

Ukrainian official Sergey Bratchuk said on his Telegram channel that Russians struck the Odesa region “with dozens of missiles and attack drones”.