Six people died and eight were injured in another attack with ballistic missiles in the Odesa region, the chairman of the Odesa regional military administration, Oleg Kiper, announced in the "Telegram" application, quoted by BTA. Four of the victims are in serious condition.
The target of the Russians was the port infrastructure.
Damage was caused to a civilian container ship sailing under the Panamanian flag, Kiper reported.
According to his information, this is the third attack against a civilian ship in the last four days.
The Russians are trying to prevent the work of the Ukrainian grain corridor, killing civilians and destroying the infrastructure, commented the regional governor.
Bulgarians in Odesa Region number over 150,000 people and are third in number according to the official census in Ukraine in 2001. About 50-60 thousand Bulgarians live in the city of Odesa itself. The largest compact Bulgarian population is concentrated in Bolgrad, Izmail and Belgorod-Dniester regions
President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet today with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. The talks will lift Ukraine's spirits given the news of the cancellation of a summit meeting of its biggest benefactors at a difficult moment in its fight against Russia, Reuters reported, quoted by BTA.
A spokesman for Starmer specified that Zelensky's arrival in the British capital will coincide with Rutte's visit. The Ukrainian leader was in Croatia yesterday.
"He (Starmer) will reaffirm Britain's firm support for Ukraine in the context of ongoing Russian aggression," the spokesman told reporters, adding that the British leader had said the war with Russia had entered a "critical moment" , an opinion shared by Zelensky.
Ukraine's president has been urging the West to provide his country with long-range missiles and other types of weaponry that Kiev could use to try to change the balance of power on the battlefield.
A summit meeting of Ukraine's allies in Ramstein, Germany, which was planned for Saturday, and talks in the so-called quadrilateral format of the Quadrilateral (US, UK, France and Germany) on the Ukrainian issue were postponed after US President Joe Biden canceled his visit to focus entirely on the passage of Hurricane Milton.
Last night, the Elysée Palace announced that Zelensky will also be in Paris today, where he will meet with his colleague Emmanuel Macron, recalls DPA and notes that in the French capital, the Ukrainian president will probably seek new military aid for Ukraine's defense against Russia aggression.
Yesterday, France promised to provide Kiev with "Mirage" fighters. at the beginning of the new year. Ukrainian pilots and mechanics are currently being trained in France to master and service the aircraft. In addition to aircraft, Paris also provides Ukraine with the training of a brigade of its armed forces, and from July 2023 France, in close cooperation with Britain, began supplying Ukraine with SCALP missiles (also known as "Storm Shadow" in the UK kingdom); however, their range is only 250 km, which limits their use against targets in Russia.
After Paris and London, tomorrow Zelensky will meet in Berlin with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
A meeting of the Ukrainian leader with Pope Francis is also scheduled for tomorrow.
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Source: www.bta.bg