Kiev (EFE)
The attack hit an area in the center of the city and destroyed an administrative building, Gumeniuk said, saying the blast wave also caused damage to other civilian buildings in the area.
In the early hours of Tuesday and Wednesday, Russia had directed its drones and missiles against the port of Odessa, after announcing its withdrawal on Monday from the agreement that allowed the export of Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea.
Building damaged by one of Russia’s attacks on Odesa.EFE/EPA/Igor Tkachenko
Russia also attacked the Mikolayiv Oblast in the eastern Odessa region last night, damaging homes.
Eighteen people have been injured,v nine of whom have been hospitalized.
According to the Odesa Region Military Administration, last night’s Russian attack caused a 300-square-meter fire, which firefighters are working to put out.
food crisis
The Ukrainian army has advanced that the attack on Odesa has been perpetrated with missiles of different types. The Ukrainian Air Force will provide more details in this regard in the morning.
With today’s, Russia has been launching missiles and drones against the Odesa region for three nights in a row, where the three Ukrainian ports are located from which Moscow promised to let grain ships leave, within the framework of the grain agreement from which it withdrew on Monday.
In the early morning attack on Tuesday, Russia destroyed infrastructure in the ports of Odesa and Chornomorsk – both part of that agreement – destroying 60,000 tons of grain that should have been exported to China.
Ukraine denounces Russia’s attacks on these ports as an attempt to create a global food crisis causing massive influx of refugees to Western European countries helping Ukraine.