Russia’s defense ministry said on Tuesday it had carried out overnight strikes on two Ukrainian port cities in what it called “a mass revenge strike” a day after an attack on the Crimean bridge which it blamed on Kyiv.
The ministry said in a statement it had struck Odesa and Mykolayiv and hit all targets.
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An industrial facility was damaged in Nikolayev where explosions sounded overnight resulting in a fire, Ukraine’s operational command South reported.
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"(On Monday night), the Russian armed forces delivered a group strike of retaliation with high-precision sea-based weapons at facilities where terrorist acts against Russia were being prepared with the use of unmanned boats, as well as at the place of their manufacture at a shipyard near the city of Odesa," the ministry said in a statement.
ReplyDeleteNear the areas of Mykolaiv and Odesa, the Russian forces destroyed fuel storage facilities with a total volume of about 70,000 tonnes that provided Ukraine's military with fuel, the ministry said.
"All the targets ... were hit. Fires and detonation were recorded at the destroyed objects," the ministry added.