The international media on the missile attack at the time of the meeting between Mitsotakis and Zelensky: “Aim achieved”, say the Russians

The rounds of the international media have been making the rounds since noon Russian missile attack on Odessawhile the Volodymyr Zelensky they welcomed him to the city Kyriakos Mitsotakisin a visit that although not announced had been planned for two months.

The Financial Times reports in their headline “Russian rocket almost hit Volodymyr Zelensky and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis”.

In the text of the British newspaper, it is stated that the ballistic missile “fell very close to the president of Ukraine and Kyriakos Mitsotakis, while the two men were on their way to the port of Odessa”.

“War in Ukraine: Explosions in Odessa as Zelensky meets Greek PM” reports the BBC, which in its text notes that “the deadly explosions shook the southern port city of Ukraine, Odessa, at the time when President Volodymyr Zelensky was meeting with the Greek Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis”.

“Ukraine's navy says five people were killed. The BBC was informed that no one from the two delegations was injured,” the report continues.

“A rocket exploded near Zelensky and Mitsotakis” is ABC's headline about the Odessa attack. The American media reports in its report that “a Russian missile exploded in the Ukrainian port city of Odessa early Wednesday morning, a few meters away from where President Volodymyr Zelensky was meeting with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.”

The American network cites a source who is quoted as saying: “the closest attack on urban tissue for Zelensky, if one excludes his regular visits to the front line of the war.”

The description of the Russian attack by Kyriakos Mitsotakis

At the time of the Russian attack on the Ukrainian convoy carrying the president Volodymyr Zelenskydescribed the Kyriakos Mitsotakisanswering a question from a Ukrainian journalist during the joint statements after the meeting of the Greek prime minister and the Ukrainian president in Odessa.

“We were in the port of Odessa and President Zelensky and his staff they gave us a tour, explaining to us on the one hand the importance of the port for Ukrainian exports and on the other the other showing us the significant damages which this critical infrastructure has suffered when we heard some sirens. And a little later, as we were getting into our cars, we also heard a big explosion.

I think that's it for us it is the best, most vivid reminder that there is real war going on here. Every day there is a war, which not only affects the front, the soldiers, it affects our innocent fellow citizens. It works, as you can see here. Cultural monuments of enormous value are being destroyed.

And I think that this is one more reason why all European leaders should come to Ukraine. Because it is one thing to see, to hear the description from the mass media or from President Zelensky, with whom we communicate regularly, and it is completely different to experience the war firsthand.

The Mitsotakis-Zelensky joint statements

“Thank you to the Greek Prime Minister for finding the courage to come here and thank you for the support”, were the words of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky in the joint statements he made with him Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Odessa shortly after the Russian ballistic missile attack on the convoy carrying them.

“Thank you for the welcome I express my sincere condolences on the bombing of urban complexes. We express him our revulsion at Russia's actions that lead to the death of civilians, small children and even infants“, said Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

He emphasized that he was impressed on the one hand by the image of destruction but also by the image of resilience and bravery. “I am doubly excited to be in the city that is a monument of world culture. Filiki Etairia lit the flames of national independence with the slogan freedom or death”, he emphasized.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis said that Odessa is a vital hub of Hellenismy. “I had the pleasure of meeting the diaspora that is fighting against the Russian invasion. The prime minister spoke about the double ties that unite the two states and our historical path.

He also emphasized that “the respect of the entire free world is towards the Ukrainian people and they have the undivided support in the just effort to defend their territory and their rights”. “In the 21st century, no war can bleed the heart of Europe. My country rejects this ahistorical revisionism! Authoritarianism is a black spot on the map of history,” he said characteristically.