Russia destroys Ukraine’s foreign arsenal in Odessa

ODESSA, KOMPAS.com – Russia’s Ministry of Defense on Saturday (23/4/2022) said its troops carried out a missile attack on the armory of shipments of the United States and European countries to Ukraine near Odessa.

“Russian armed forces with high-precision and long-range missiles today disabled the logistics terminal at a military airfield near Odessa, where a large number of foreign weapons sent by the United States and European countries are stored,” he said. AFP.

The strikes were among 22 Ukrainian military sites targeted by Russian missiles on Saturday, including three arms and ammunition depots near Ilichiovka and Kramatorsk, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

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Also on Saturday, Russian warplanes carried out strikes on 79 military sites including 16 weapons and fuel depots, the statement added.

Russia resumes attack on Mariupol

Russia on Saturday also resumed its assault on the giant Mariupol steel plant, days after Moscow declared victory in the southern Ukrainian city and said its troops did not need to take over the plant.

The giant Mariupol steel mill was used as the last bastion of Ukrainian troops in the port city.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his country’s army was not ready to break the siege of the city of Mariupol.

But he said US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin would visit Kyiv on Sunday (24/4/2022) to discuss the types of weapons Ukraine would need to fight the war. Russian invasion.

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“As soon as we have (more weapons), as soon as there are enough, believe me, we will immediately retake this or that territory, which is temporarily occupied,” Zelenskiy said at an evening news conference in the Kyiv metro. Reuters.

US President Joe Biden’s administration has yet to confirm Blinken and Austin’s plans for a trip to Ukraine. The State Department and the Pentagon also declined to comment.

The attack on Mariupol was the biggest battle in Russia Ukraine warand has been raging for weeks.

Russia is seeking to seize Mariupol because it is seen as important in its efforts to connect the Donbass region in the east with Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula that Moscow captured in 2014.

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