At least one person was killed and five others injured in Russian rocket attacks on the Ukrainian port city of Odessa on Tuesday night. This was reported by the Unian agency, citing the local military leadership. Despite reports of the complete evacuation of all civilians from the Azovstal plant in Mariupol, which was besieged by Russian troops, around 100 civilians are said to be still there.
“The enemy maintains its psychological pressure and continues its hysterical attacks once morest peaceful civilians and civilian infrastructure,” it said. Odessa was rocked by numerous explosions in the evening, which were due to both rocket hits and anti-aircraft defenses. According to media reports, among other things, a shopping center and a warehouse were hit.
According to the Ukrainian military, the Russian Air Force fired several Kinzhal-type hypersonic missiles at Odessa on Monday evening. “Tourist objects” were hit and at least five buildings were destroyed, Ukrajinska Pravda reported.
The port city in southern Ukraine has been the target of increased Russian rocket attacks since Sunday evening. Several rockets fell in the region on Monday followingnoon during a visit by EU Council President Charles Michel. As a result, Michel and Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal had to seek protection. With this, Russia is showing its true attitude towards Europe, commented President Volodymyr Zelenskyj in the evening.
According to US President Joe Biden, Russian President Vladimir Putin sees no way out of the Ukraine war. The problem that worries him now is that the Russian leader “knows no way out at the moment, and I’m trying to find out what we can do regarding it,” Biden said. Putin is a very considered man and mistakenly believed that invading Ukraine would split NATO and the European Union.
Around 100 civilians are said to be still in the Azovstal plant in the port city of Mariupol, which was besieged by Russian troops. In addition, around 100,000 people were still in the badly damaged city, said regional head of administration Pavlo Kyrylenko on Monday evening. “It’s hard to say which of them wants to leave the city,” he was quoted as saying by “Ukrajinska Pravda”.
Ukrainian troops have entrenched themselves in the Steelworks, the last bastion in Mariupol. In the past few days, several hundred women, children and the elderly have been evacuated from there with the help of the United Nations and the Red Cross. However, the Azovstal defenders did not want to rule out the possibility that civilians were still staying in some of the cellars on the extensive site.
