Russia is once again targeting the port city of Odessa. Civilians are said to have been killed and injured in the rocket fire. The news ticker.
Kyiv – The Russian army continues its war of aggression in the Ukraine continued. Moscow’s troops are advancing in the east of the country and are simultaneously bombing Ukrainian cities in further western regions. Another eastern Ukrainian city is in danger of falling to the Kremlin’s military. The Ukrainian port city of Odessa on the Black Sea has been attacked again with Russian ballistic missiles.
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Russia penetrates in Outskirts of Toretsk before
According to the Ukrainian military, Russian forces have managed to penetrate to the outskirts of the eastern Ukrainian front-line town of Torezk. “The situation is unstable, fights are taking place literally at every entrance to the city,” it quotes daily news Anastasia Bobovnikova, spokeswoman for the Luhansk Operational Tactical Group, from Ukrainian state television.
Most recently, Ukraine had to withdraw from the nearby town of Wuhledar: the town fell to Russia. In the east of the country, Moscow is primarily targeting important supply routes for the Ukrainian military. The aim is to cut off supplies to the Ukrainian military and accelerate the capture of the Donbass region.
Russia starts Attack on the Ukrainian port city of Odessa
A rocket hit a civilian ship, killing a 60-year-old Ukrainian, the military governor of the southern Ukrainian region of Odessa, Oleh Kiper, said on the social network Telegram. Five foreigners were injured.
The ship sailed under the flag of the Pacific island state of Palau. According to the authorities, the target of the Russian attacks was once again the port infrastructure. The Ukrainian who was killed took care of the ship’s cargo for a private company, Kiper said. There were initially no details about the cargo itself or the identity of the injured foreigners.
Russian missile hits ship in Odessa: “Deliberate terrorist tactic”
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sibyha complained that Russia had damaged two cargo ships within two days. It was only on Sunday that a ship loaded with corn bound for Italy was attacked. “This is a deliberate terrorist tactic,” he said on the X news network. Russia had already fired on ships in September.
While Ukraine emphasizes that these are civilian ships, the Russian Defense Ministry speaks of shelling military targets. Russia claims that the civilian ships were covertly transporting weapons for the war in Ukraine. There is no evidence of this.
Harris sets Condition for meeting with Putin upon election victory
Meanwhile, Democratic US presidential candidate Kamala Harris emphasized that she did not want to meet Kremlin boss Vladimir Putin without representatives from Kiev if she won the election. When asked if she would meet with Putin to negotiate a solution to the war in Ukraine, she said on TV show “60 Minutes”: “Not bilaterally, without Ukraine. No, Ukraine must have a say in the future of Ukraine.”
The US vice president gave an evasive answer to the question about Ukraine’s NATO membership. “These are all questions that we will deal with if and when the time comes,” said the 59-year-old, referring to the security alliance. “Right now, we support Ukraine’s ability to defend itself against unprovoked aggression from Russia.”
The USA is under president Joe Biden Ukraine’s most important supporter in the defense against Russia’s war of aggression. Former President Donald Trump has signaled that if he is re-elected, he will dramatically reduce or completely stop support for Kiev. He also repeatedly claims that he could end the war within 24 hours.
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The situation on the front in eastern Ukraine remains unclear. In many places the troops are engaged in bitter fighting. At others there are stalemate situations. Our current maps of the front line in the Ukraine War provide an insight into the latest developments in Russia’s war against Ukraine. (bb/dpa)
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