Oleh Kepper, governor of the Odessa region, said on his Telegram channel that air defense systems had been deployed early Sunday to repel another Russian attack on the southern Ukrainian port of Odessa, warning people not to film air combat.
Southern Ukraine witnessed a new “night of hell” after Russian strikes targeted Odessa, the major port on the Black Sea, for the third night in a row since the end of an important agreement to supply the world with food.
At least three civilians were killed and more than 20 others were injured in this bombing of Odessa and Mykolayev, as announced by the local authorities, who broadcast pictures showing burning buildings and destroyed facades.
The Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, “strongly” condemned the Russian attacks, according to his spokesman, Stéphane Dujarric.
And the Russian army announced again, on Thursday, that it had only bombed military sites, indicating that it had destroyed in Odessa sites for the production and storage of drone boats, and destroyed fuel infrastructure and ammunition depots in Mykolaiv.
On the front line, the battles are concentrated in eastern Ukraine, where the two armies are facing each other, without achieving much progress.
Ukrainian presidential advisor, Mykhailo Podolyak, confirmed in an interview with Agence France-Presse, on Wednesday, that Kiev needs “200 to 300 additional armored vehicles, especially tanks”, “between 60 and 80 F-16s” and “five to ten additional air defense systems” of the American “Patriot” model or the equivalent of the French SAMP / T.
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2023-07-22 22:44:47
