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Attacks in Odessa: after denying it, Russia admits having destroyed “military infrastructure”

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Russian missiles targeted the port of Odessa on Saturday, a day after Kyiv and Moscow signed an agreement to allow Ukraine’s grain exports to resume.

The spokeswoman for Russian diplomacy said on Sunday that Russian missiles had destroyed military infrastructure the previous day in the port of Odessa, vital for the export of Ukrainian grain.

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“Kalibr missiles destroyed the military infrastructure in the port of Odessa, with a high-precision strike,” wrote Maria Zakharova on her Telegram account, in response to a statement by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in which she said that these strikes they had destroyed the possibility of a dialogue or an agreement with Moscow.

The day before, Moscow denied

Before ces tirs sur Odessa, l’Ukraine to accusé Vladimir Poutine d’avoir “craché au visage” de l’ONU et de la Turquie et de compromettre l’application de l’accord signed vendredi sur la reprise des exportaciones de céréales bloquées par the conflict.

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However, on Saturday, Russia denied that Turkey was involved in these attacks: “The Russians told us that they had absolutely nothing to do with this attack and that they were examining the matter very closely,” said the Turkish Defense Minister, Hulusi Akar.

According to the spokesman for the Ukrainian Air Force, two missiles hit the port territory of Odessa and two others were shot down by anti-aircraft defenses before reaching their target.

Author: EP with AFP
Source: BFM TV

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