On Monday, Ukraine said that the Russian strike on Odesa was “in retaliation” for Ukrainian last week’s missile attack on the Russian Black Sea fleet headquarters in Sevastopol.
In a social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, the Ukrainian defense ministry said that last night a Russian missile hit a hotel in Odesa. Odesa last night. A pathetic attempt at retaliation for our successful hit on the Russian Navy HQ in Sevastopol, it added.
Earlier on Monday, the Operational Command South reported that Ukrainian
The Operational Command South reported early on Monday that Ukraine’s air defense forces downed 19 Iranian-made Shahed kamikaze drones and 11 Kalibr cruise missiles launched by Russia.
The General Staff said, “At night, the enemy launched 19 Shahed-136/131-type attack drones and two Onyx supersonic missiles at Odesa. They also launched 12 Kalibr missiles that flew along complex routes in different areas.”
One missile was blocked over the Mykolayiv region and another one in the Kirovohrad region, while the others were shot down over the Odesa region.
However, port infrastructure was struck in the Russian raid. “The sea station in Odesa suffered considerable damage. A fire broke out in the building of the Sea Station Hotel, which has been out of service for several years. Firefighters promptly put the blaze out.”
Kyiv had launched a missile attack on Friday on Russia’s Black Sea navy headquarters in the Crimean port of occupied Sevastopol.
At least nine people had been killed and 16 wounded, including Russian generals, as a result of the attack, Chief of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Kyrylo Budanov said.
