May 6, 2024

Athens News

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Russian revenge for blowing up the bridge across the Kerch Strait (video)


As a retaliation by the Russian Federation for the disabled bridge to the Crimea, the ports of Nikolaev and Odessa, the cities from where ships with Ukrainian grain leave, were fired upon.

Rockets and drones were used for the shelling, Russia called it a “massive retaliation attack“. Kyiv claims that 21 drones and 6 missiles were shot down in the Odessa region. As a result of falling debris, one person was injured, part of the port and several residential buildings were damaged.

On the Russian side, statements were made about the defeat of all targets, the military allegedly managed to “destroy facilities where attacks by unmanned boats were being prepared” and several fuel depots in Nikolaev, which are used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

And queues of Russian tourists wishing to enter the peninsula or leave it stand on the Kerch bridge in a long wait. One of the spans is completely out of order.

Russia, meanwhile, announced the suspension of the agreement on the export of Ukrainian grain and indirectly warned Kyiv that it would be extremely risky to continue sending grain without security guarantees from Moscow.



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