Photo: AP/Kostiantyn LiberovAfter Russia promised to retaliate for Ukraine's attack on the Crimean bridge, Odessa was bombed two nights in a row. In the main Ukrainian grain export port, 12 civilians were wounded during the attack, including a nine-year-old child.
Russia launched a massive airstrike on Odessa for the second night in a row, which one Ukrainian official described as "hell".
"The attack was very powerful, really massive." It was a hellish night," said Serhiy Brachuk, spokesman for the Odessa military administration, adding that details of the damage and casualties would be published later.
The attacks on Odesa, one of Ukraine's main grain export ports, followed Russia's pledge to retaliate over the attack on the Crimean bridge, which it blames on Ukraine.
Shortly after the bridge was hit on Monday, Moscow withdrew from the grain export agreement. The UN warns that Russia's move risks exacerbating the global hunger crisis. writes Voice of America.
Civilians killed
The Ukrainian military command announced that 12 civilians, including a nine-year-old child, were wounded in a major Russian attack on Odessa on the night between Tuesday and Wednesday.
Three civilians were wounded in Odesa as a result of a rocket attack on the city, six people were wounded by the remains of intercepted rockets and drones, and three more in other settlements of the Odesa region, where fires broke out due to shelling, announced the military command of the Ukrainians for the South sector.
They say the Russian military launched more than 35 cruise missiles and drones in this attack.
In parallel, they are circulating on social networks recordings allegedly at the moment of striking a Russian ammunition depot at a military training ground in Crimea, a peninsula annexed by Russia in 2014.
Near Kirovske, #Russia|n-occupied #Crimea, south # Ukraine, a missile strike hit a Russian ammunition depot this morning. Detonations at the depot necessitated the evacuation of ~2,000 people in nearby 4 villages.
- Alex Kokcharov (@AlexKokcharov) July 19, 2023
Due to the fire, the Russian authorities ordered the closure of the highway and the evacuation of about 2.000 people from the surrounding areas.
Russian sources do not report on the causes of the fire at the training ground, nor on the alleged Ukrainian strike.
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