Russia said it had attacked targets near the Ukrainian port city of Odessa on the Black Sea. Rockets were fired from ships and aircraft at an oil refinery and three fuel depots, the Defence Ministry announced in Moscow on Sunday, MIA informs.
The city council of the metropolis with about 1 million inhabitants had previously reported fires in the city area. According to Russian information, a total of 51 military facilities were hit overnight, including four command posts and two missile defence systems.
This information could not be independently verified.
Since the beginning of the war on February 24, the Russian army claims to have destroyed a total of 125 Ukrainian aircraft, 88 helicopters, 383 drones, 221 missile defence systems as well as 1,903 tanks and other armoured vehicles.
Moscow claims that it only attacks military targets in its neighbouring country. Ukraine, on the other hand, accuses Russia of also shelling civilian infrastructure and residential areas.
