Zelenskiy calls Russia's attack on the port of Odessa "barbaric" just a few hours after a deal on grain.

After missiles hit the southern port of Odesa, the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, said that Russia was "barbaric." This threatens a deal that was just signed a day earlier to allow grain exports from Black Sea ports and ease food shortages around the world caused by the war.

Just 12 hours after Moscow and Kyiv made a deal to allow monitored grain exports from Ukraine's southern ports, Russia fired cruise missiles at Odessa, which is where the exports would go.

Zelensky called the attack a clear example of "barbaric behavior," which showed that Moscow couldn't be trusted to follow through on the deal.

"This proves only one thing: no matter what Russia says and promises, it will find ways not to do it," he told US lawmakers, according to a statement from the presidency.

Eyewitness video taken in the port area and posted on social media showed that one of the missiles exploded near the water, behind rows of containers, and not far from a ship that was docked.

The United Nations, the European Union, the United States, Britain, Germany, and Italy all strongly condemned the attacks on Odessa.

Antony Blinken, the US secretary of state, said in a statement that "this attack seriously questions Russia's commitment to yesterday's deal."

"Russia is to blame for making the world food crisis worse and must stop being so aggressive," he said.

Liz Truss, the British foreign secretary, said that the "appalling" attack, which happened just hours after the deal was signed, was "completely unjustified" and showed that Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, could not be trusted.

Turkey's defense minister said that Russian officials told Ankara that Moscow had "nothing to do" with the attacks. The Russian Defense Ministry and the military's evening report did not say anything about missile strikes in Odesa. Reuters asked the ministry for a comment, but they didn't give one.

On Friday, UN officials said they hoped the agreement would be working in a few weeks. The Ukraine's southern military command told the public broadcaster Suspilne that the grain storage area at the port was not hit.

"Unfortunately, people have been hurt. "The infrastructure of the port was damaged," said Maksym Marchenko, the governor of the Odessa region.

But Oleksandr Kubrakov, who is in charge of infrastructure, said on Facebook, "We continue technical preparations for the start of exports of agricultural products from our ports."

Russia and Ukraine provide a lot of the world's wheat, and the war has caused food prices to go through the roof. The World Food Programme says that 47 million people are now facing "acute hunger" because of a global food crisis.

The deal reached on Friday aims to stop famine in poorer countries by putting more wheat, sunflower oil, fertilizer, and other products on the world market, including some at lower prices for humanitarian needs.