Last Updated: March 06, 2024, 22:25 IST
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis go to a makeshift memorial to the victims of earlier day’s drone strike that closely broken an condo constructing, in Odesa, March 6. (Reuters)
Explosions in Odesa throughout Zelensky, Mitsotakis go to. Ukraine-Greece ties amidst Russia-Ukraine battle. Latest updates on Black Sea hub strife
Explosions rang out in Ukraine’s southern port metropolis of Odesa on Wednesday throughout a go to to the Black Sea hub by President Volodymyr Zelensky and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the pair advised reporters.
Greece has closely criticised Russia’s invasion and has offered humanitarian assist and weapons together with infantry preventing automobiles, Kalashnikov assault rifles, launchers and ammunition to Kyiv.
“We heard the sound of sirens and explosions that took place near us. We did not have time to get to a shelter,” Mitsotakis stated based on an official Ukrainian translation. “It is a very intense experience… It’s really different to read about the war in newspapers, and to hear it with your own ears, see it with your own eyes,” he added.
Zelensky stated the strike had left “dead and wounded”, however he didn’t have figures. “You can see who we are facing. They don’t care where they strike,” he stated in a joint press convention. Both have been visiting the southern port metropolis of Odesa, which has been below renewed hearth ever since Russia exited an settlement defending Ukrainian exports by way of the Black Sea in summer season 2023.
During the journey, Zelensky had defined “the importance of the port and what is being done to restore and strengthen the Ukrainian sea route,” Mitsotakis stated. After Russia’s withdrawal from the grain deal, Ukraine put in place a protected maritime hall to proceed exports by way of the Black Sea by hugging the coast line, slightly than traversing the open waters.
Ukraine’s Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov stated final week that Ukraine had exported extra grain by way of the ports of Odesa in February than in any month since Russia invaded.
