A new offensive by the Russian army in Ukraine. Russian drones damaged the south of Ukraine’s Odessa region on the night of Tuesday September 12 to Wednesday September 13, hitting port infrastructure in the city district of Izmail and injuring six people, the local governor reported.
“Several groups of attack drones were directed against Izmail district. […] Damage to port infrastructure and other civil [infrastructure] was noted,” Oleg Kiper reported on Telegram on Wednesday morning. “Six civilians” were injured and taken to hospital, three of them in serious condition, the official added. Earlier in the night, Oleg Kiper had called on the population to stay sheltered until the air alert was extinguished.
Since the abandonment in July of the grain agreement which allowed Ukraine to freely export its production, Russia has increased attacks in the southern regions of Odessa and Mykolaiv, where crucial ports and platforms for trade are located. on the Black Sea.
The river port of Izmail, on the Danube, has thus become one of the main export routes for Ukrainian agricultural products. Oleg Kiper announced Thursday that a nighttime drone attack had targeted the Izmail district for “three hours,” notably damaging port infrastructure.
