<span style="color: #222222;">Russian forces have struck port infrastructure in Ukraine's southern Mykolaiv region, local officials told. Mykolaiv's Mayor Oleksandr Senkevich said today that a massive missile strike was launched on the south of Ukraine from the direction of the Black Sea and with the use of aviation.<br />''<br />''Last Saturday, Russia struck another southern Ukrainian port of Odesa, casting doubt on a plan to restart Ukrainian grain exports. However, Russia has blamed Ukraine for stalling shipments by mining the port waters.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, Ukraine has accused Moscow of waging a gas war against Europe and cutting supplies.<br />''<br />''Russian energy firm Gazprom announced it is once again reducing gas flows into Germany to allow work on a turbine on the Nord Stream-1 pipeline. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said, this was simply gas blackmail against Europe. The Nord Stream-1 pipeline, which pumps gas from Russia to Germany, has been running well below capacity for weeks.<br />''<br />''Earlier this month, Russia's biggest European pipeline was completely shut down for a 10-day maintenance break, sparking fears in Europe that shipments would not resume at all.</span><br />