Explosions have been heard within the port of Odessa as Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with the Greek high minister within the town on Wednesday.
A blast rocks the Ukrainian town of Odessa right through a consult with via Zelenskyy and Greece’s high minister
The sound of a big explosion reverberated across the Ukrainian port of Odesa as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Greece’s high minister ended a excursion of the war-ravaged southern town Wednesday.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis stated the delegations have been entering their automobiles once they heard the blast, which he referred to as a “vivid reminder” that Odesa is gripped via the struggle with Russia. It is something to listen to concerning the struggle and “quite another to experience war firsthand,” Mitsotakis stated.
Zelenskyy stated the explosion led to an unknown selection of lifeless and wounded. “You see who we’re dealing with, they don’t care where to hit,” he told reporters.
Russian officials made no immediate comment.
Zelenskyy has regularly visited cities and military units on the front line during the war, always in secrecy until after he has left. Foreign leaders have made numerous trips to Ukraine, and they occasionally have had to take refuge in shelters when air raid sirens sound.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen condemned on X, formerly Twitter, what she called the “vile attack” right through the Greek consult with. She referred to as it a “new attempt at terror” via Russia.
Zelenskyy confirmed Mitsotakis across the destruction in Odesa, the place in probably the most 12 other folks — together with 5 youngsters — have been killed when particles from a Russian drone hit an condominium block on March 2.
Mitsotakis stated Odesa held a different position in Greek historical past because the position the place the Filiki Etairia group used to be based that fought for Greek independence from Ottoman rule within the nineteenth century.
