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"Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odesa has endured a second “hellish night” of
attacks, with loud explosions audible throughout the city in the early hours of
Wednesday and at least one missile landing within the city limits, as Russia
targeted grain facilities and port infrastructure.
Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched 63 missiles and drones at various
targets across the country, of which 37 had been shot down, suggesting that
more of Russia’s missiles got through air defences than has been the case in
recent weeks.
Odesa bore the brunt of the onslaught; the attack on the city was “very
powerful, truly massive”, Serhiy Bratchuk, a spokesperson for the Odesa
military administration, said on his Telegram channel on Wednesday. “It was a
hellish night,” he added.
On Wednesday morning, residents inspected a huge crater close to a dormitory
building across the street from a grain facility not far from central Odesa. An
investigator on the scene said it had most likely been caused by an Oniks,
designed as an anti-ship cruise missile.
Windows in the dormitory, as well as a courthouse across the street, were blown
out, but remarkably people on the scene said there had been no casualties in
the strike.
There were reports of injuries in other strikes, including a nine-year-old boy
who was treated for injuries caused by shattered glass and other debris.
One strike hit a wholesale market and storage facility just outside the city.
Video taken overnight showed a raging blaze and fireworks stored in the
facility going off above the warehouse. Smoke was still rising on Wednesday
morning, as firefighters worked to put out the blaze."
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
