Mr Zelensky and Ukrainian officials have repeatedly denied any involvement in the apparent assault.
Russia has escalated its aerial attacks against its neighbour in the build-up to its celebrations, which fall a week after the Kremlin accused Kyiv of a plot to assassinate Vladimir Putin.Įxplosions rocked Kyiv on Monday as air raid alerts sounded across most of Ukraine amid fears Russia is planning yet more reprisal attacks after two drones were shot down over the Kremlin Palace on Wednesday. “Russia’s priority target is civil objects.” “Hundreds of tonnes of humanitarian aid for Odesa residents were destroyed,” the ministry added in a statement. The aid group said none of its staff were killed or injured in the strike, but the remains of a lone victim, described as a “civilian security guard” by Ukraine’s ministry of defence, were seen being removed from the wreckage in a bodybag by rescue workers.
“Humanitarian aid for the Odesa region, which was in a warehouse, was completely destroyed by fire,” the local branch of the Red Cross wrote on Twitter. One image showed the blackened remains of the warehouse building strewn across a nearby park. Piles of smouldering food can be seen in videos shared on social media with firefighters struggling to douse the embers of the blaze. Officials in the city of Odesa published footage of the 1,000-square metre building engulfed in fire after it was struck by a Kh-22 missile fired from the Black Sea. A Russian missile has destroyed a Red Cross warehouse containing thousands of tonnes of food and aid in a “massive” wave of attacks across the country.
0 kommentar(er)
