KYIV, Ukraine: Russia focused Ukraine’s Black Sea areas of Odesa and Mykolaiv with air strikes Tuesday, hitting non-public buildings and port infrastructure alongside the nation’s southern coast. the Ukrainian army mentioned.
The Kremlin’s forces used air-launched missiles within the assault, Ukraine’s Operational Command South mentioned in a Fb put up.
Within the Odesa area, quite a few non-public buildings in villages on the coast had been hit and caught hearth, the report mentioned. Within the Mykolaiv area, port infrastructure was focused.
Hours after the renewed strikes on the south, a Moscow-installed official within the southern Kherson area mentioned the Odesa and Mykolaiv areas will quickly be “liberated” by the Russian forces, identical to the Kherson area additional east.
“The Kherson area and the town of Kherson have been liberated eternally,” Kirill Stremousov was quoted as saying by Russian state information company RIA Novosti.
The developments got here as Ukraine seemed to be making ready a counteroffensive within the south.
Russia beforehand attacked Odesa’s port on the weekend. The British army mentioned Tuesday there was no indication {that a} Ukrainian warship and a stockpile of anti-ship missiles had been on the web site, as Moscow claimed.
The British Protection Ministry mentioned Russia sees Ukraine’s use of anti-ship missiles as “a key menace” that’s limiting its Black Sea Fleet.
“This has considerably undermined the general invasion plan, as Russia can’t realistically try an amphibious assault to grab Odesa,” the army mentioned. “Russia will proceed to prioritize efforts to degrade and destroy Ukraine’s anti-ship functionality.”
It added that “Russia’s focusing on processes are extremely probably routinely undermined by dated intelligence, poor planning, and a top-down method to operations.”
The Kremlin’s forces used air-launched missiles within the assault, Ukraine’s Operational Command South mentioned in a Fb put up.
Within the Odesa area, quite a few non-public buildings in villages on the coast had been hit and caught hearth, the report mentioned. Within the Mykolaiv area, port infrastructure was focused.
Hours after the renewed strikes on the south, a Moscow-installed official within the southern Kherson area mentioned the Odesa and Mykolaiv areas will quickly be “liberated” by the Russian forces, identical to the Kherson area additional east.
“The Kherson area and the town of Kherson have been liberated eternally,” Kirill Stremousov was quoted as saying by Russian state information company RIA Novosti.
The developments got here as Ukraine seemed to be making ready a counteroffensive within the south.
Russia beforehand attacked Odesa’s port on the weekend. The British army mentioned Tuesday there was no indication {that a} Ukrainian warship and a stockpile of anti-ship missiles had been on the web site, as Moscow claimed.
The British Protection Ministry mentioned Russia sees Ukraine’s use of anti-ship missiles as “a key menace” that’s limiting its Black Sea Fleet.
“This has considerably undermined the general invasion plan, as Russia can’t realistically try an amphibious assault to grab Odesa,” the army mentioned. “Russia will proceed to prioritize efforts to degrade and destroy Ukraine’s anti-ship functionality.”
It added that “Russia’s focusing on processes are extremely probably routinely undermined by dated intelligence, poor planning, and a top-down method to operations.”