War in Ukraine: Countdown to Mykolaiv and Odessa – Bombing Uninterrupted

The fence is narrowing in the South Ukraine and according to Agence France-Presse, the Russian army may have been stationary in the last week of the war, but is now reportedly preparing for a major offensive in Mykolaif and Odessa.

These areas are constantly bombed and Ukrainian information states that Russian ships are sailing near the shoreswhile may have disembarked already Russian champers.

However, many residents say they are determined to resist and do not leave their homes. “We have nowhere to go, we have no family abroad,” he told AFP a resident of the area.

“Even my mother learned to distinguish the sound of fire”

As relayed by APE, on Kulbakino districtconsisting of several multi-storey apartment blocks, the population declined in a matter of weeks, from 12,000 to less than 1,000 inhabitants, claims Alexandre Zantera, 56 years old. He was forced to remove his elderly mother from her apartment in a building that was hit on March 7.

“We used to eat with this background noise,” he says. “Now, even my mother has learned to distinguish the sound of different fires, anti-aircraft guns or bombs,” says the former squadron leader.

Source: News Beast

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