War in Ukraine: Russia targets Odessa and destroys the last remaining Azovstal steel mill with 100 more civilians inside
A The rain of Russian missiles hit the city of Odessa, in southern Ukraine overnight from Monday to Tuesday, signaling Moscow’s apparent effort to pin Ukrainian forces farther east, where it is focusing the offensive.
The attack in Odessa, in which one person was killed, came just hours after another bombing during a visit to the city by European Council President Charles Michel, who He had to take refuge underground.
Pentagon officials described the recent ongoing attacks in Odessa as part of a broader Russian effort to prevent Ukrainian forces from redeployment to eastern Ukraine, and a senior Defense Department official said Russia did not have the capacity to launch a massive offensive in the city, a jewel port on the Black Sea.
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The bombings in Odessa, specifically a shopping center and a warehouse, took place afterwards a relative day calm in Ukraine as Moscow celebrates its annual Victory Day.
Although Russian forces continue to aim heavy artillery at Ukrainian cities, the Pentagon says President Vladimir Putin’s forces are doing the “anemic” progression, and the British Defense Ministry said the Russian leader underestimated Ukraine’s strong opposition prevented him from declaring “a significant military victory”. “in patriotic celebration” of May 9.
Russia, however, said its forces is making some progress along the main front line to the East. The Defense Ministry said on Tuesday that its forces had pushed deeper into Ukrainian territory, which reached the border between the Luhansk and Donetsk regions.
The mall attacked Odessa. Photo: AFP
The last battle for Mariupol
More than a thousand Ukrainian soldiers were still buried Tuesday at the Azovstal steelworks in Mariúpol along with approximately 100 civilians Yes unavoidable of the huge industrial plant, a town in southeastern Ukraine that had been besieged for weeks by Russian troops.
Through the force of tanks and aerial bombardment, the Russians have intensified their offensive at the dying plant in recent hours, which has served for more than two months as a bunker for soldiers and civilians, which is in the labyrinth of underground tunnels with deficiencies of all kinds. ..
Thus, the final battle for Mariupol was fought over the vast Azovstal steelworks, surrounded by Russian troops.
Ukrainian officials say the site during the Soviet era has undergone heavy Russian attacks in recent days after the evacuation of civilians, and that attempts by invading forces to invade the site failedclaims that cannot be independently verified.
Over the weekend, authorities said all adults, women and children they were rescued in missions coordinated by the UN and the Red Cross. The UN, however, is not confirmed. The news somehow 100 civilians remain in the area.
Azovstal steelworks. Photo: Reuters
The families of the warriors are desperately looking for a plan to ensure their evacuation as well. That, however, seems unlikely.
In an extraordinary news conference broadcast live from a bunker on Sunday, the two fighters rejected the idea that they could surrender.
“We don’t have much chance of survival if we get caught,” one of them said. “We are basically dead people. Most of us know that. “
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