Russia again attacked the Odessa region in southwestern Ukraine this morning with drones that hit infrastructure at the port of Izmail on the Danube, the Ukrainian military said.
The head of the Military Administration of Odessa, located near the border with Romania, said the attack, which lasted two hours, damaged “about 30 trucks” and “six vans” in an area where two drivers and several warehouses were located.
“The anti-aircraft defenses have worked with extraordinary intensity. Most of the drones have been shot down”assured Oleg Kiper, who published two images on social media of some of the completely burned trucks.
“Unfortunately, in the Izmail district there were consequences for the port infrastructure,” the director explains. The crash of the drones caused a fire that has already been extinguished by firefighters, he added.
Another massive Russian attack on the Odessa and Dnipropetrovsk regions last night.
In the Izmail district of the Odesa region, Shahed drones hit port infrastructure. The checkpoint building and warehouses were damaged, as were about 30 trucks, 6 of which caught fire. Two trucks… pic.twitter.com/GFD28xk8ZF
– Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) September 26, 2023
According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Russia launched an attack in the early morning hours with 38 Iranian Shahed drones, 26 of which were shot down by anti-aircraft fire.
Some of these drones crashed in the industrial city of Krivi Rig, where a company’s facilities were damaged.
This appears to be a new attack on Ukrainian agricultural exports, which have been a target for Russian forces since Moscow canceled the so-called grain deal in mid-July.
Under this pact, Russia, together with Turkey at the UN, pledged to allow for one year the export of grains through three Ukrainian ports on the Black Sea, all located in the Odessa region.
After the Kremlin abandoned the deal, Kiev turned to the Danube ports.
On the other hand, the governor of Kherson, eastern Ukraine, Prokudin Oleksndr, said at least five people were injured after another Russian attack this morning.
Another Russian rocket attack destroyed a house in the town of Avdiivka, in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, although no casualties were reported.
“The house is now practically uninhabitable, just like the whole of Avdiivka. The consequences of this attack are carefully documented, sooner or later this evidence will be used against Russia in an international court,” said regional governor Igor Moroz.
Source: DN
