Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba has called for recognizing Russia as a sponsor of terrorism after today’s missile strikes on Odesa.
Russian troops have launched missile strikes on the Black Sea port city of Odesa. A rescue operation is now underway. The regional military administration urges not to post photos and videos from the sites of strikes and not to report exact locations.
Enemy warships are not approaching the Odesa coast as they are aware of the readiness of the Armed Forces’ coastal defense units to repel attacks, as well as due to the stormy weather in the northwestern part of the Black Sea.
On March 24, Russian ships fired artillery shells towards Odesa, but the shells fell into the sea. Ukrainian air defense units also shot down an enemy missile near the city.
The equipment providing access to the Starlink satellite Internet has been installed at a number of critical infrastructure facilities in Odesa, Ukraine's southern Black Sea port city.
On March 15, enemy ships opened missile and artillery fire on two populated localities of Odesa region from sea. Missiles and 90 shells were fired, two residents were injured.
Earlier on March 6, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine had maps and records, obtained from captured Russian soldiers, that showed Russian forces were planning to bomb Odesa.