Russia struck again on Tuesday evening with drones in the Odessa region of southern Ukraine, hitting infrastructure for the production and transportation of goods for export and damaging granaries.
“Unfortunately, there were consequences for production and transportation infrastructure, with fire breaking out in an area of 700 square meters,” wrote the head of the Military Administration of the Odessa region, Oleg Kiper, on his account on the Telegram messaging platform.
In the #Odesa region, the invaders attacked granaries
A fire broke out there with a total area of 700m2. It’s already been released.#Ukrainian The air defense forces destroyed 9 Shahed-136/131 drones. pic.twitter.com/jpfE3yHxjK
– NEXTA (@nexta_tv) August 23, 2023
The fire had been extinguished, said Kiper, who spoke of “damage to barns” at the site of the attack. According to the head of the military administration of the Odessa region, Ukrainian air defenses shot down nine drones launched by Russia during the attack.
According to several Ukrainian Telegram channels, the attack took place in the port of Ismail, on the Danube, in the extreme southwest of Ukraine and very close to the border with Romania, a member of NATO.
Since the end of the so-called grain treaty in mid-July, in which Moscow promised for a year to allow the export of agricultural products from three Ukrainian ports on the Black Sea, Russia has repeatedly bombed infrastructure ports and agricultural facilities.
Since the start of the large-scale Russian invasion, Ukraine has increased agricultural exports across the Danube, despite Russia’s military blockade of the Black Sea.
Russia shoots down two drones, one of the planes hits a building in Moscow
On Wednesday, Russian air defenses shot down two drones again in Moscow and in the capital region, targets for the sixth consecutive day of attacks, the president of the municipality said this morning.
“Last night [terça-feira]Air defense shot down a drone in the Mozhaiski district of the Moscow region. The second drone hit a building under construction in the city,” Sergei Sobyanin told the Telegram messaging platform, adding that according to the first information, there were no casualties.
The Russian news agency RIA Novosti had already reported an ‘explosion’ in the shopping area of the city of Moscow.
“A building under construction in Moscow city suffered minor damage,” another Russian news agency, TASS, reported, citing emergency services.
The wreckage of a drone in Khimki close by #Moscow flew straight onto the roof of a residential house. pic.twitter.com/HAalmmk0OE
– NEXTA (@nexta_tv) August 23, 2023
Air traffic at Moscow Domodedovo, Sheremetyevo and Vnukovo international airports was disrupted, TASS also reported.
Russian territory is the target of drone strikes almost daily. In the early hours of Tuesday, two planes were shot down over the Moscow region, namely in Krasnogorsk, northwest of the capital, where the windows of a building were smashed.
In the summer, planes were destroyed over Moscow’s business district, and in May two drones were shot down near the Kremlin.
Source: DN
