Kyiv, Ukraine: Russia targets Ukraine’s Black Sea area of odesa And mycolive Airstrikes on Tuesday affected private buildings and port infrastructure along the country’s southern coast. Ukrainian military said.
Ukraine’s Operational Command South said in a Facebook post that Kremlin forces used aerial missiles in the attack.
The report said several private buildings were damaged and caught fire in coastal villages in the Odessa region. In the Mykolaiv area, the port infrastructure was targeted.
Hours after renewed attacks in the south, an officer stationed in Moscow in the south Kherson The region said that the Odessa and Mykolaiv regions would soon be “liberated” by the Russian military, just as the Kherson region is further east.
“The Kherson region and the city of Kherson have been liberated forever,” Russian state news agency RIA Novosti quoted Kirill Stremosov as saying.
The developments came as Ukraine was preparing to retaliate in the south.
Russia had earlier attacked the port of Odessa over the weekend. As Moscow claimed, the British military said on Tuesday there was no indication that a Ukrainian warship and a stockpile of anti-ship missiles were at the scene.
The British Defense Ministry said Russia sees Ukraine’s use of anti-ship missiles as “a major threat” limiting its Black Sea fleet.
“This significantly undermines the overall offensive plan, as Russia cannot actually attempt an amphibious assault to capture Odessa,” the military said. “Russia will continue to prioritize efforts to degrade and destroy Ukraine’s anti-ship capability.”
It added that “Russia’s targeting procedures are routinely undermined by dated intelligence, poor planning, and a top-down approach to operations.”
Ukraine’s Operational Command South said in a Facebook post that Kremlin forces used aerial missiles in the attack.
The report said several private buildings were damaged and caught fire in coastal villages in the Odessa region. In the Mykolaiv area, the port infrastructure was targeted.
Hours after renewed attacks in the south, an officer stationed in Moscow in the south Kherson The region said that the Odessa and Mykolaiv regions would soon be “liberated” by the Russian military, just as the Kherson region is further east.
“The Kherson region and the city of Kherson have been liberated forever,” Russian state news agency RIA Novosti quoted Kirill Stremosov as saying.
The developments came as Ukraine was preparing to retaliate in the south.
Russia had earlier attacked the port of Odessa over the weekend. As Moscow claimed, the British military said on Tuesday there was no indication that a Ukrainian warship and a stockpile of anti-ship missiles were at the scene.
The British Defense Ministry said Russia sees Ukraine’s use of anti-ship missiles as “a major threat” limiting its Black Sea fleet.
“This significantly undermines the overall offensive plan, as Russia cannot actually attempt an amphibious assault to capture Odessa,” the military said. “Russia will continue to prioritize efforts to degrade and destroy Ukraine’s anti-ship capability.”
It added that “Russia’s targeting procedures are routinely undermined by dated intelligence, poor planning, and a top-down approach to operations.”