A big explosion was heard in the Ukrainian city of Odesa while President Zelenskyy and Greece’s prime minister were visiting on Wednesday.
The Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said that the groups of people were getting into their cars when they heard a loud explosion. He said that this was a strong reminder that Odesa is in a war with Russia. He says that it’s different to learn about war than to actually go through it yourself.
Zelenskyy said that the explosion hurt and killed many people, but the exact number is not known yet. “He told reporters that they don’t care where to hit. ”
Russian officials did not respond right away.
Zelenskyy often goes to cities and military units on the front line during the war, but nobody knows until he’s gone. Leaders from other countries have visited Ukraine many times. Sometimes, they have had to go to shelters to stay safe when air raid alarms go off.
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, criticized the “terrible attack” during the visit to Greece on X. She said this on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. She said Russia is trying to scare people again.
Zelenskyy guided Mitsotakis around the damage in Odesa. In the latest big Russian attack, 12 people, including five kids, died when debris from a Russian drone hit an apartment building on March 2nd.
Mitsotakis said that Odesa is very important to Greece because it’s where the Filiki Etairia organization was started. This organization fought for Greece to be free from Ottoman rule in the 1800s.
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Russia blasts Odessa as Zelenskyy and Greece’s PM end tour of war-ravaged
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Putin launches powerful attack on Odessa using self-destructing drones and fast missiles
Russian missiles were launched and hit the port city of Odessa in Ukraine. This happened while the city’s big Jewish community was celebrating the holy day of Yom Kippur.
Some people think that fighters attacked the Hotel Odessa, which is a place where the military trains. Local reports say that the building is on fire.
Other reports are saying that there was a long and ongoing attack on the Black Sea port. Russia fired many missiles during this attack.
Oleg Veretskiy wrote on X, mentioning that the invaders had weapons called ‘Onyx, Calibers, and Shaheds’.
He said: ‘I can’t remember a strong attack on Odessa in a long time. ‘ It was really noisy. Close to us. We made it through. The message that warns people about an air attack has been stopped.
During the night, Russia’s Southern Defense Forces reported that they sent out 19 suicide drones, 2 supersonic Oniks missiles, and 12 Kalibr missiles to attack the area.
A lot of the Jewish people in Odessa, who live in a city with more than 12,000 Jews, were celebrating the end of their time of not eating on the special day called Yom Kippur when the missiles hit.
There have been explosions in the city of Sevastopol in Crimea, which is currently under Russian control.
The attacks happened while President Putin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine continued for 20 months without any clear sign of winning.
Yesterday, the Russian military bombed an area in Ukraine called Kherson. This resulted in the deaths of two people and caused three others to get hurt. This happened shortly after another airstrike on Sunday, where two people were killed and eight others were injured.
Top-ranking Russian military leaders were seriously hurt when Ukrainian missiles hit Vladimir Putin’s Black Sea Fleet headquarters last Saturday.
Colonel-General Alexander Romanchuk and Lieutenant General Oleg Tsekov were badly hurt when Storm Shadow missiles hit the Navy headquarters in Sevastopol, as reported by Kyrylo Budanov, the chief of Ukraine’s military intelligence.
At least nine soldiers died and 16 were injured in the attack.
The commander of the group, Colonel-General Alexander Romanchuk, is one of the injured. According to the spymaster, he is in a very severe condition. ” This was said to Voice of America.