New air raid on Odessa, in the south UkraineRussia’s armed forces unleashed, resulting to lose the life of at least one civilian and to injure another 18 peoplebetween them four childrenas the regional governor Oleh Kiper informed via Telegram.
“Unfortunately, we have one civilian dead due to the night terror attack by the monsters (Russia’s sv) in Odessa”the official said.
The raid was launched “at 03:00” [σ.σ. τοπική ώρα και ώρα Ελλάδας], according to him. He spoke of 18 injured, of which “fourteen were taken to city hospitals”. Including “three children,” he clarified.
Initially he had spoken about material damage “to political infrastructure, apartment buildings and a religious building”. According to the Ukrainian news agency RBC-Ukraine, it was hit and very badly damaged orthodox cathedral which had started operating in 1809 in the city.
“More anti-aircraft defense systems” and tactical missiles were claimed by Ukraine’s western allies, the head of the services of the Ukrainian presidency, Andriy Germak.
According to the Ukrainian air force, Onyx precision missiles and Kalibr cruise missiles were fired after midnight.
THE Odessawhich was added to the list of endangered world cultural heritage in January, has been repeatedly hit by Russian airstrikes.
The city experienced a “night of hell” on Thursday, with Kiev accusing Moscow of targeting port infrastructure and grain terminals to prevent the possible revival of a deal allowing Ukrainian food exports, which Russia decided to end last Monday.
On Friday, UNESCO “strongly condemned” the previous Russian airstrikes, which caused “damage to museums” in Odessa.
Source: News Beast
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