2023-07-19 03:11:15
The southern Ukrainian port city of Odessa, which is important for grain exports, has come under fire once more. According to local media reports, explosions were heard in the city overnight. The Ukrainian Air Force said it had spotted the launch of Kalibr missiles from the Black Sea. Initially, there were no further details. Already yesterday, a few hours following the end of the grain deal, Russia had covered the region with airstrikes.
According to the military administration, the air defense systems in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev are also fending off another night attack by Russia. According to Ukrainian sources, all of the Shahed kamikaze drones were intercepted. Five people, including two children, were injured in an attack on a village in Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. The two boys, aged one and 13, were playing in the yard of a residential building, the Ukrajinska Pravda internet portal reported, citing local authorities.
“Will work”
Work will continue in Odessa even during the Russian attacks, stressed Serhiy Brachuk, spokesman for the port city’s military administration. Russia is trying to “terrify the whole world, especially those who want to work for the grain corridor (…) Ukraine, Turkey and the United Nations. But I think that all normal, reasonable people will look at us and say: Odessa was not afraid, is not afraid and will not be afraid – we will work,” Brachuk said in a voice message on his Telegram channel.
Russia has been waging a war of aggression once morest neighboring Ukraine for almost 17 months. The southern regions on the Black Sea, which are of great importance for Ukraine due to their port infrastructure, are also repeatedly the target of Russian shelling. In the past few months, millions of tons of food have been exported via Odessa as part of the international grain agreement. On Monday, Russia withdrew from the agreement.
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