Moscow [Russia], August 16 (ANI): Russian forces launched a drone assault and broken a port on the Danube River in Ukraine’s southern Odesa area in a single day, CNN reported on Wednesday citing a Ukrainian official.

In the Telegram, head of the Odesa regional navy administration Oleh Kiper mentioned, “The main target is port and grain infrastructure in the south of the region” on the Danube.

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He additional said that no casualties have been reported. 

Ukraine’s Operational Command within the south mentioned Russia hit the territory the place one of many ports lie, destroying hangars with grain and agricultural equipment.

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Ukraine’s Air Force on Wednesday mentioned that it had destroyed 13 Shahed drones over Odesa and the neighbouring Mykolaiv area. 

Meanwhile, Ukraine claimed that its forces have recaptured the village of Urozhaine within the japanese Donetsk area, the place fierce battles have taken place in current days, reported CNN.

“Ukrainian defence forces took control of Urozhaine,” and are consolidating their positions, Andrii Kovaliov, spokesperson for the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, mentioned on nationwide tv Wednesday morning. 

Urozhaine, situated about 100 kilometres southwest of Russian-occupied Donetsk metropolis, lies close to the village of Staromaiorske, which Ukrainian troopers recaptured about two weeks in the past. 

“Urozhaine was liberated,” Ukraine’s Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar mentioned on Telegram.

Last week additionally, on Sunday, Russia attacked Ukraine the place a warship fired warning pictures at a cargo ship, which Moscow claimed to be headed to Kyiv, within the south-western Black Sea, CNN reported citing the Russian Defense Ministry.

Russia mentioned the warship fired warning pictures when the captain of the Palau-flagged dry cargo ship failed to answer a request to cease for an inspection.“The Russian warship opened warning fire from automatic small arms fire to forcefully stop the vessel,” the assertion mentioned.

The ministry claimed that the ship, named Sukra Okan, was headed to the Ukrainian port of Izmail. Marine site visitors web sites presently present the cargo vessel’s vacation spot because the Romanian port of Sulina which is near Izmail. Kyiv didn’t instantly touch upon whether or not or not the ship was headed to a Ukrainian port, as per CNN.

“In order to inspect the bulk cargo ship, a Ka-29 helicopter with a group of Russian servicemen was hoisted from the patrol ship Vasily Bykov,” the ministry mentioned. “Following radio conversations, the ship stopped its course and the boarding team landed on the bulk cargo ship,” the assertion mentioned. (ANI)

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