Two people have been killed as a result of the shelling by Russian forces on Odessa, in southwestern Ukraine, the region’s provincial governor, Oleg Kiper, said on Wednesday.
The local official said on his Telegram account that at least four people were affected by this latest attack, which took place around midnight on Wednesday..
The Ukrainian air force reported that it had detected the presence of ‘drones’ coming from the Black Sea towards the port city of Odessa and that it had shot down at least eight of them.
One of the fatalities was found on the outskirts of the city and another eventually died in hospital, while two injured people required medical treatment, he explained.
A 6-year-old boy was also injured in another part of the city after his home was hit by a Russian attack, Kiper added.
Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, on the grounds of protecting pro-Russian separatist minorities in the east and “denazifying” the neighboring country, which has been independent since 1991 after the collapse of the former Soviet Union and has since been away from Moscow’s power. exert influence and get closer to Europe and the West.
Since the fall, Moscow has stepped up nighttime attacks on Ukrainian cities, at a time when doubts are being raised about continued Western military support for Kiev.
The war in Ukraine has already caused tens of thousands of deaths on both sides, but no significant progress has been made in recent months, with the two warring sides remaining irreducible to their territorial positions and unopen to negotiating concessions.
Source: DN
