Russia’s air strike on Odesa, the Ukrainian Black Sea port city, late on Wednesday (19) was “one of the most horrible nights” of the war, said the mayor of the southern Ukrainian city.
“We don’t remember such a scale of attack since the start of a full-scale invasion,” Mayor Hennadii Trukhanov said on Facebook.
There were no casualties but the city was rocked by explosions and several people were injured by a downed Russian missile, officials said.
“We are getting stronger with our righteous fury! We are grateful to the air defense system. It was a fierce air battle,” said Trukhanov.
journalists from CNN in Odesa they heard heavy shelling around 2:00 am (local time).
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Ukraine’s air force said that, for the second consecutive night, Russia had attacked Odesa with a barrage of cruise missiles and Shahed strike drones.
The attacks on the Black Sea port city came after Moscow pulled out of a key UN-brokered grain deal this week, drawing condemnation from Ukraine, the United States and their allies.
In a Telegram post, Oleh Kiper, head of the Odesa regional military administration, said the fires started after Russian strikes hit a grain and oil terminal and other industrial facilities.
Several civilians, including a 9-year-old boy, were injured after air defenses shot down a cruise missile, he said.
Source: CNN Brasil
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