A delegate from Al-Arabiya and Al-Hadath reported on Sunday that fuel depots were targeted in the coastal city of Odessa, southern Ukraine, following several explosions were heard in the city. The Ukrainian media also indicated that Russian air strikes hit the city of Odessa in the south of the country.
Archyde.com also quoted a witness as saying that he heard a series of explosions and saw smoke rising in the coastal city of Odessa in southern Ukraine in the early hours of this morning. No official information was released regarding the attack.
The explosions occurred around 6 a.m. (3:00 GMT) in an apparently industrial area of the strategic coastal city, and at least three columns of black smoke and flames rose, AFP reported.
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry said that the Russian army, which withdrew from areas in the vicinity of Kyiv He planted hundreds of mines before he withdrew.
This comes following the Ukrainian Defense Ministry announced the restoration control of the entire Kyiv region of the Russian forces.
The ministry confirmed that the capital area has become completely liberated, but it called on the residents to be careful.
The mayor of Kyiv had warned yesterday of the danger of returning to the capital, due to the danger of mines, in addition to the instability of control over them.
The Ukrainian army dismantled more than 640 mines that the Russian forces had planted in Irbin before their withdrawal, while the town’s mayor confirmed that the city would not be habitable for months due to the mines planted there.
The delegate of “Al-Arabiya” and “Al-Hadath” was toured the destroyed town, which still has traces of battles and the bodies of dead soldiers from the Russian and Ukrainian sides.
From Irbin to Bravary, the situation is not much different.
The camera of “Al-Arabiya” and “Al-Hadath” exclusively monitored the situation of the residents of the city of Bravari, which was in the line of fire, and witnessed fierce fighting between the Ukrainian and Russian army.
For its part, the Russian Defense Ministry said that high-precision air missiles near the stations of Lozovaya and Pavlograd, destroyed armored vehicles and fuel tanks sent to reinforce Ukrainian forces in Donbass.