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Ukraine War: Again, Russian Missile Strike Hits Odesa

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2 years ago

Jul 26, 2022.

Benard Joseph

Again, Russian Missile Strike Hits Odesa.
The ceaseless attacks are coming barely 12 hours after Moscow signed a deal with Kyiv to allow monitored grain exports from Ukraine’s southern ports…

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that Russian forces have once again struck Ukraine’s southern port city of Odesa in the early hours of Tuesday, local officials claims.

Olexander Senkevich, the head of the city council, Senkevich, said in a Telegram post:

“Powerful explosions are heard in Mykolaiv! Everyone is asked to stay in the shelters! Even after the curfew is over, the airstrike will continue!”

In a later post, the official added:

A massive missile strike was launched in the south of Ukraine from the direction of the Black Sea, including with the use of aviation.
The port infrastructure was attacked in the Mykolayiv region. At the same time, the Mykolaiv district was struck by an S-300 air defence system from the temporarily occupied Kherson region.”

According to The Guardian, the region’s military administration head, Serhiy Bratchuk, said he would release more details in a Telegram post just after 6am this morning.

The ceaseless attacks are coming barely 12 hours after Moscow signed a deal with Kyiv to allow monitored grain exports from Ukraine’s southern ports, Russia targeted Odesa with cruise missile strikes.

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Zelensky called the attack blatant “barbarism”, showing Moscow could not be trusted to implement the deal.

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