Ukrainian officials said Moscow was attempting to go back on the offensive in the east. Read more at straitstimes.com.
KYIV - Russia struck Ukraine’s port of Odesa with missiles and drones on Tuesday, a day after pulling out of a UN-backed deal to let Kyiv export grain, as Ukrainian officials said Moscow was attempting to go back on the offensive in the east.that knocked out the link on Monday, which Moscow attributed to strikes by Ukrainian seaborne drones.
Moscow, for its part, said it had foiled a Ukrainian drone strike on Crimea, with no major damage on the ground. It said a single lane of road traffic had reopened on the Crimean bridge.and has recaptured some villages in the south and territory around the ruined city of Bakhmut in the east, but has yet to attempt a major breakthrough across heavily defended Russian lines.
“Today’s decision by the Russian Federation will strike a blow to people in need everywhere,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told reporters on Monday. , effectively seeking Turkey’s backing to negate the Russian blockade. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the deal’s sponsor, says he thinks Moscow can be persuaded to return.
Kyiv says it is deliberately advancing slowly to avoid high casualties from crossing fortified defensive lines strewn with landmines, and is focused for now on degrading Russia’s logistics and command.
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