The authorities of the Ukrainian city of Odessa have denounced this Monday a attack by the Russian Army, the first against this city since the beginning of the invasion on February 24, which would have been executed by warships stationed off the coast of this town in the southwest of the country, located at the foot of the Black Sea. “Russian fascists have struck early in the morning residential buildings in which Odessa residents slept,” the Odessa City Council said in a message on Telegram.
“Firefighters have arrived at the scene quickly and have extinguished the fire, without any deaths. At the moment, the workers help the rescue services to clean the rubble,” he added. The mayor of the city, Gennady Trukhanov, has said from the place that “they are residential buildings in which peaceful people live.” Trujanov has also wanted to send a message to the occupying troops. “Let the Russians know. What their leadership tells them is not what happens here. We will not leave Odessa and fight for our city,” he stressed.
psychological pressure
For his part, the head of the Odessa Regional Military Administration, Serhiy Bratchukhas highlighted that two Russian ships have opened fire indiscriminately against the city and has accused Moscow of trying “psychological pressure” to the population.
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According to this former commander, now the Kremlin troops “will go for Odessa.” “Logically it is the next place to go in the south (of Ukraine) and it seems that there are more ships in the Black Sea pointing in that direction,” he added.