Russia’s new strike on the port city of Odessa

According to the Ukrainian army, a shopping center and a warehouse were particularly affected by this attack, which left one dead and five injured in addition to causing severe damage.

According to Odessa Mayor Gennadiy Trukhanov, the affected area has no military infrastructure.

The toll could have been even worse if not for the curfew being enforced in the city, which had about a million inhabitants before Russia attacked Ukraine on February 24th.

The Ukrainian army said the seven missiles launched in total on Monday by the Russian air force dated to the Soviet era and were therefore less accurate than more contemporary ammunition.

However, a Ukrainian think tank, the Center for Defense Strategies, maintains that at least one Kinjal hypersonic missile, the most advanced in its arsenal, has been used.

Over the past few days, the Russian Defense has confirmed that it has stormed the Odessa airport to destroy, it says, weapons delivered to Ukraine by Western countries.

Earlier on Monday, European Council President Charles Michel, who was passing through Odessa to meet with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Chmygal, was forced to take refuge because of a Russian strike.

He took the opportunity to point out that the blockade of the Russian naval port prevents Ukraine from exporting cereals to countries most in need of it.

I saw loops full of grain, wheat, corn ready to export , he described on Twitter. This vital food was intercepted due to the Russian war and blockage of Black Sea ports.

This situation leads to dramatic consequences for weak countries he added, calling for a global response coordinate.

Kyiv seeks to evacuate wounded soldiers buried in Azovstal

Ukrainian authorities also continue to plead for other people to evacuate from the Azovstal metallurgical complex, the last stronghold of resistance in the port city of Mariupol, almost entirely under Russian control.

There were serious injuries that required immediate evacuationUkrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk told AFP on Tuesday, adding that the situation gets worse every day at the factory in port city.

He also denied reports from city officials suggesting, otherwise saying, that civilians were still in the complex’s bomb shelters.

At a press conference in the morning, the mayor of Mariupol, Vadim Boïtchenko, notably refused to say that he was 100% safe that all civilians from Azovstal were evacuated, stressed there Impossible to verify this as long as there is no long-term ceasefire in place.

In addition to the fighters, at least 100 civilians were in the shelters of the Azovstal factory.for his part supported Petro Andriouchchenko, an aide to the mayor, in a message broadcast on the Telegram.

FalseMs. replied. Vereshchuk, indicating that the leader of the Azov regiment buried in the iron works was officially declared Ukrainian government officials and a UN representative that no civilians, women, children or the elderly remained in Azovstal.

According to him, the Ukrainian authorities working now on the possibility of evacuation of wounded soldiers, medical personnel and military chaplains from the steel plant, in collaboration with international organizations and the Turkish government.

Medical personnel wanted to evacuate with the injured, as they needed to be accompanied in the event of the opening of a humanitarian corridor from steel works, “explained the Deputy Prime Minister. This operation could take at least a week given the number of wounded that should be carried on stretchers.

According to Ms. Vereshchuk, the Turkey is working hard including Kyiv and a really want to help specifying that such evacuation could be made by sea using a Turkish boat equipped with a military hospital.

We want it and the Turks are ready for itbut kyiv is looking to capture guarantee that Russia will not start shooting during the evacuation, Ms. Verechchuk. You need full guarantees in writing, that’s what we’re trying to gethe says.

The Battle of Donbass was in full swing

Russia’s Ministry of Defense, for its part, claims to have made achievements in heavily fortified enemy defense lines in the Donbass region of southeastern Ukraine. This information was not confirmed by the Ukrainian authorities.

On Monday, the governor of the Luhansk region, Sergei Gaïdaï, said the Russian army was trying to control a road connecting Sievierodonetsk to Bakhmut, a locality located west of Popasna, in the Donetsk region. The takeover of this city was claimed by Moscow a few days ago.

If the Russian army manages to control this land link of almost 70 kilometers, it will be able to cut the Luhansk region from the rest of Ukraine, he said.

The Ukrainian General Staff was pleased to say on Tuesday morning that the Russian troops continue to prepare offensive operations in the Lyman and Sievierodonetsk regions.

Intense fighting is taking place around Rubizhne and Bilogorivka, said on Monday the day before the governor of the Luhansk region. According to kyiv, 60 civilians were killed in Bilogorivka over the weekend when Russian troops bombed the school where they had taken refuge.

His colleague from the Kharkiv region, Oleg Sinegubov, for his part announced the discovery of the bodies of 44 civilians in the ruins of a building in the town of Izium that he said was bombed by the Russian army in March. This information cannot be independently verified.

This is another heinous crime in the war of the Russian army against the civilian populationcursed Mr. Sinegubov in a post in the Telegram.

Izioum has been under Russian control for several weeks. The city now serves as a base for the Russian army for its operations in the Donetsk region.