Explosions have been heard within the port of Odessa as Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with the Greek prime minister within the metropolis on Wednesday.
A blast rocks the Ukrainian metropolis of Odessa throughout a go to by Zelenskyy and Greece’s prime minister
The sound of a big explosion reverberated across the Ukrainian port of Odesa as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Greece’s prime minister ended a tour of the war-ravaged southern metropolis Wednesday.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis stated the delegations have been moving into their automobiles after they heard the blast, which he known as a “vivid reminder” that Odesa is gripped by the conflict with Russia. It’s one factor to listen to concerning the conflict and “fairly one other to expertise conflict firsthand,” Mitsotakis stated.
Zelenskyy stated the explosion precipitated an unknown variety of useless and wounded. “You see who we’re coping with, they don’t care the place to hit,” he advised reporters.
Russian officers made no rapid remark.
Zelenskyy has usually visited cities and navy models on the entrance line throughout the conflict, all the time in secrecy till after he has left. International leaders have made quite a few journeys to Ukraine, they usually sometimes have needed to take refuge in shelters when air raid sirens sound.
European Fee President Ursula von der Leyen condemned on X, previously Twitter, what she known as the “vile assault” throughout the Greek go to. She known as it a “new try at terror” by Russia.
Zelenskyy confirmed Mitsotakis across the destruction in Odesa, the place in essentially the most 12 folks — together with 5 kids — have been killed when particles from a Russian drone hit an house block on March 2.
Mitsotakis stated Odesa held a particular place in Greek historical past because the place the place the Filiki Etairia group was based that fought for Greek independence from Ottoman rule within the nineteenth century.
