The airport of the Ukrainian city of Odessa (south) was the target this Saturday of a Russian missile shot that destroyed its runway, without causing any casualties, announced the governor of the region, Maxim Marchenko.
“Today the enemy attacked from Crimea with a Bastion coastal defense missile system. The Odessa airport runway was destroyed. Thank God, there are no casualties,” the governor said in a video posted on his Telegram account.
A week ago, eight people were killed in Russian bombing raids on the port city of Odessa, home to nearly a million people, hitherto little affected by the war with Russia.
The Russian military said the attack, using “high-precision missiles,” targeted a major stockpile of weapons supplied to Ukraine by the United States and European Union (EU) countries.
On April 10, the Dnipro airport (east) was “totally destroyed” by Russian bombardment, according to regional authorities.
