Moscow “attacked the Odessa region with offensive drones and two types of missiles”explains Monday September 25 on Telegram the governor of the region Oleg Kiper, who mentions several “strikes” including the attack on a “port infrastructure”. According to kyiv, 19 drones, all destroyed, and 14 missiles, 11 of which were shot down, targeted this region of southern Ukraine, regularly targeted by Russia. A woman was injured. Follow our live stream.
A second Ukrainian wheat cargo ship in Istanbul. The Aroyat, a bulk carrier flying the flag of Palau, left on Friday from Chornomorsk, near Odessa. It is the second ship to use a maritime corridor set up by kyiv, along the western coasts of the Black Sea, to circumvent Russia’s blockade.
A Ukrainian drone strikes an administrative building in the Russian city of Kursk. “The roof was slightly damaged. Emergency services personnel are on site”, the regional governor said on Telegram on Sunday. Last month, a Ukrainian drone caused significant damage to Kursk station and injured five people.
Russia accuses the West of “fighting it directly”. The Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov notably mentioned, on Saturday at the UN, financial aid, armaments and “mercenaries” from Western countries, at a time when kyiv claims to have killed Russian military leaders in the strategic Crimean peninsula.