During the night from Saturday July 22 to Sunday July 23, Russian forces again attacked the Ukrainian port city of Odessa, killing one person. At least two people were killed and 22 injured in the attacks, according to Ukrainian authorities. The Task Force South of the Ukrainian army also announced that the air defenses shot down a “significant” part of the Russian missiles. “There is no excuse for Russian evil”, responded Volodymyr Zelenskyy on twitter. “For Odessa there will certainly be reprisals against Russian terrorists,” warns the Ukrainian president. Follow our live.
Significant damage in Odessa. The unintercepted projectiles “damaged port infrastructure, at least six residential buildings, including apartment buildings,” the military said. The Transfiguration Cathedral was also damaged. According to the army, “two monuments” were damaged in the attack, which also led to power outages. The latter reports 19 injuries, including four children.
Explosion at a munitions depot in Crimea. The attack on Odessa comes a day after a Ukrainian drone strike blew up an ammunition dump in Crimea. The death of a Russian journalist in a Ukrainian bombing also angered the Kremlin, which denounced a “heinous crime”.
Meeting between Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko. The Russian President and the Belarusian leader will meet in Saint Petersburg on Sunday. According to a Kremlin press release, they specifically wanted to talk about the “strategic partnership and alliance” between Moscow and Minsk. “We will devote one and a half to two days to these talks,” Vladimir Putin said, according to the TASS news agency.