Russian attacks in Odessa, at least 21 dead among them 7 children, Zelensky: Russia a terrorist country

2022-07-01 20:43:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

Russian attacks in Odessa, at least 21 dead among them 7 children, Zelensky:

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At least 21 people were killed today by the attacks of the Russian air force, during the night, in Odessa, in the south of Ukraine.

According to the Ukrainian military command of the southern front, the Russians fired Kh-22 missiles at an apartment building and tourist facilities.

The latest report, posted on Telegram by the rescue services, is about 16 dead and 38 injured (including 6 children) in the residential building and 5 dead, including a child, in the tourist facility.

The post is accompanied by photos of a damaged building.

Russian attacks in Odessa, at least 21 dead among them 7 children, Zelensky:

Ndërtesa e apartamenteve nëntëkatëshe ndodhet në rajonin Bilgorod-Dniester, rreth 80 kilometra në jug të Odessa, siç raportohet nga përfaqësuesi i administratës rajonale, Serhii Brachuk .

“Kjo është një goditje e synuar dhe e qëllimshme nga Rusi”, tha presidenti ukrainas Volodymyr Zelensky, teksa falënderoi kryeministrin norvegjez Jonas në Kiev Gar Stere për ndihmën që do t’i ofrojë Ukrainës.

Oslo premtoi sot 10 miliardë korona (rreth 1 miliard euro) ndihmë për Ukrainën, kryesisht për të blerë pajisje ushtarake.

“U bëj thirrje partnerëve tanë që t’i ofrojnë Ukrainës sistemet e mbrojtjes kundër raketave sa më shpejt të jetë e mundur. Na ndihmoni të shpëtojmë jetë”, ishte apeli i drejtuar nga ministri i Jashtëm Dmytro Kuleba , duke e cilësuar Rusinë si një “shtet terrorist”.

The Kh-22 missiles used today, according to the Ukrainian side, are Cold War-era Soviet cruise missiles developed to target warships.

Such rockets also hit the commercial center of the city of Kremenchuk last Monday, killing at least 19 people.

The airstrikes followed the withdrawal of Russian forces from Snake Island on Thursday, a move expected to ease the threat to nearby Odesa. The island is located along a busy shipping lane. Russia took control of the island in the early days of the war in the hope of using it as a staging ground for an attack on Odesa. /CNA.al