Ukraine says Putin\u2019s troops hit critical infrastructure, but \u2018systems are working\u2019 and no casualties reported
\n Odesa
\nRussian missiles struck \u201ccritical infrastructure\u201d, most likely a fuel depot, near Ukraine\u2019s southern port of Odesa in the early hours of Sunday but there were no casualties, officials in the city said.
\nOdesa is a key Black Sea port and the main base for Ukraine\u2019s navy. It has been a focus for Russian forces because if it is taken it would allow Moscow to build a land corridor to Transnistria, a Russian-speaking breakaway region of Moldova that hosts Russian troops.
\nRussia\u2019s defence ministry said missile strikes by its military destroyed an oil refinery and three fuel storage facilities near Odesa on Sunday, adding that the facilities were used by Ukraine to supply its troops near the city of Mykolaiv.
\nVladyslav Nazarov, an officer of Ukraine\u2019s south operational command, said on Telegram: \u201cRussia began with a missile strike. The Odesa region was among the priority targets. The enemy continued its vile practice of strikes against critical infrastructure.
\n\u201cSmoke is visible in some areas of the city. All relevant systems and structures are working … No casualties reported.\u201d
\nVika, a local resident who declined to give her surname, said it was not \u201ca good morning for Odesa\u201d.
\n\u201cWe woke up to powerful explosions near our home. There was smoke, the children were in a panic, the windows were blown in … it was terrifying,\u201d she said.
\n\u201c\u2018Russian peace\u2019, we are completely not happy that it has come and we ask you to leave.\u201d
\nRussia invaded Ukraine on 24 February in what it calls a \u201cspecial military operation\u201d to demilitarise and \u201cdenazify\u201d its neighbour. Ukraine rejects that as a baseless pretext for a war of aggression.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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