2023-07-23 09:11:15
At least one civilian has been killed and more than 15 wounded by a Russian bombardment attack on the Ukrainian city of Odessa. (Archyde.com)
Two people were killed and an Orthodox cathedral was destroyed in overnight Russian attacks on the port city of Odessa, Ukrainian authorities said Sunday, whose president has vowed “retaliation” once morest Moscow.
After reporting one death, the Ukrainian Ministry of the Interior raised its balance to two deaths. There were also 22 injured, including four minors between the ages of 11 and 17.
The governor of the region, Oleg Kiper, explained that the attack by Russian troops caused “damage to civil infrastructure, residential buildings and a religious institution.”
“More defense missile systems” and tactical missiles for Ukraine, called for the head of the presidential administration, Andrii Yermak.
Odesa, part of the World Heritage Site since January, is the usual target of Russian attacks.
The city experienced a particularly “night from hell” on Thursday, when kyiv accused Moscow of attacking port infrastructure to prevent any possible resumption of Ukrainian grain exports.
The governor of the region, Oleg Kiper, explained that the attack by Russian troops caused “damage to civil infrastructure, residential buildings and a religious institution.” (Archyde.com)
Meanwhile, one person was killed and four wounded as a result of an attack by Russian forces on a village in the Sumi region, while a woman was killed in another attack in Kupiansk in the Kharkiv region of northeastern Ukraine, the relevant regional military administrations reported on Telegram.
“Russian terrorists once more attacked the civilian population in the Sumi region with artillery. Around ten o’clock in the morning, one of the villages in the Krasnopil community was attacked. 14 explosions were recorded. According to preliminary data, as a result of the bombardments, one person died and four were injured of varying severity,” the statement said.
The injured were taken to a medical center.
Civilian homes and facilities were damaged in the attack, the report added.
One person died and four were injured as a result of an attack by Russian forces on a village in the Sumi region. (Archyde.com)
The Ukrinform agency reported that Russian forces shelled four settlements in four communities in the Sumi region, along the border with Russia.
Specifically, there were explosions in the communities of Bilopollia, Velika Pisarivka, Seredino-Buda and Shaligine.
Meanwhile, the Kharkiv regional military administration reported that Russian forces “re-bombed the city of Kupiansk once once more” and that “a 57-year-old woman died as a result of enemy attacks.”
Located on the shores of the Black Sea, Odesa is a strategic city for maritime transit in the region.
UNESCO, for its part, “strongly condemned” the Russian attacks on Friday once morest “several museums” that “suffered damage”.
The Russian military, however, has ensured that it targets only military sites.
The Kharkiv military administration reported that Russian forces “re-shelled the city of Kupiansk once once more” and that “a 57-year-old woman died as a result of enemy shelling.” (Archyde.com)
This new nighttime bombardment occurs following an attack with Ukrainian drones that blew up an ammunition depot in Crimea, causing the evacuation of the population living around it and the suspension of rail traffic on this peninsula annexed by Russia.
The death of a Russian journalist in a Ukrainian bombing also aroused the ire of the Kremlin, which had denounced a “heinous crime” and promised a “response” to those responsible for this attack.
The Russian strikes in Odessa come less than two days following Moscow announced it had conducted missile-firing military exercises in the Black Sea, where tensions have risen since the expiration of a grain deal crucial to the world’s diet, which allowed the export of Ukrainian grain.
Overnight from Thursday to Friday, Russian Kalibr-type cruise missiles fired from the sea also hit the Odessa region, marking the fourth night of consecutive attacks, according to the governor.
The night before, drones and missiles struck Odesa and Mikolaiv, another major city in southern Ukraine, killing at least three people and injuring around 20.
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