The Ukrainian Air Force said on Sunday that it had shot down 22 Russian drones in the southern Odessa region.
“On the night of September 3, 2023, the Russian occupiers launched several waves of ‘Shahed-136/131 drone strikes’ from the south and southeast,” the Ukrainian Air Force wrote on the Telegram messaging platform, adding that 22 ‘drones’ had been attacked. destroyed, a total of 25 were launched.
In July, after a grain deal was suspended, allowing Ukraine to safely export across the Black Sea, Russia intensified its attacks on the Odessa and Mykolaïv regions of southern Ukraine, where the ports are located. and other vital infrastructure for this trade.
In August, the first Ukrainian cargo ship to cross the Black Sea arrived in Istanbul, Turkey, despite a Russian blockade.
On Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said two more ships had passed through the “temporary Black Sea grain corridor” created by kyiv.
Source: TSF
