Russia targeted the latter ship last week on Oct. 7.In recent days, Russia stepped up its attacks against port infrastructure in Odesa Oblast, damaging several civilian ships."The purpose of these attacks is to reduce our export potential," said Oleksii Kuleba, the minister for the development of communities, territories, and infrastructure, last week on Telegram."This is a deliberate attempt to provoke a food crisis in those parts of the world that are directly dependent on Ukrainian grain supplies."A grain warehouse, cargo cranes, and machinery were also damaged in today's missile attack on Odesa, according to Kuleba. The victims are Ukrainian port employees.Over the past three months, Russia has carried out nearly 60 such attacks, damaging or destroying nearly 300 port infrastructure facilities and 22 civilian vessels, Kuleba said on Oct.