- Russian missiles hit the port of Odessa on Saturdayaccording to Ukraine, which accuses Vladimir Putin of having “spit in the face” of the UN and Turkey and jeopardize the application of the agreement signed the day before on the resumption of grain exports blocked by the war. Westerners and the UN have condemned this strike, denied by Moscow to Turkey.
- Before the announcement of the missile launches on Odessa, the African Union had “congratulated” Saturday of the grain export agreement, welcoming an event “welcome” for the continent, which faces an increased risk of famine. The agreement, the signing of which lowered wheat prices, should enable the export of 20 to 25 million tonnes of grain blocked in Ukraine.
- The rest of Ukraine was not spared either, with a resumption on Saturday of the Russian bombardments, which left three dead. Thirteen cruise missiles fired from the sea fell near the town of Kropyvnytskyi in the Oblast of Kirovogradin the center of the country, announced its governor Andri Raikovych, specifying that railway infrastructures and a military aerodrome had been targeted.
- Artillery fire also targeted Kharkov (North), where a woman was injured, according to the Ukrainian presidency. A man was also killed in a bombardment in the Sumy region, northwest of Kharkiv.
- Two other people, including a teenager, were injured in strikes on Mikolaiv (South). Nevertheless, “The Ukrainian army, step by step, is advancing in the Kherson region »President Zelensky said in the evening. The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) confirms that ” Ukrainian forces are likely preparing to launch, or have already launched, a counter-offensive” this region.
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