Fighting until noon 10/5: Ukraine says Russia launched 3 hypersonic missiles at Odessa

A beach hotel in Odessa is destroyed in this photo taken on May 8 afp

CNN on May 10 reported a shopping mall and two hotels in the port city Odessa the south of Ukraine won 3 balls Kinzhal . hypersonic missile of Russia.

Odessa military spokesman Sergey Bratchuk said the missiles were launched from an aircraft and hit an “infrastructure target”. travel” and sent two people to the hospital.

Mr. Bratchuk did not elaborate on the location of the attack, but CNN verified that it was a hotel in the village of Zatoka. This is the second hotel in the Odessa region to be targeted on May 9, and it is unclear why the two hotels were targeted and who might be staying there.

According to the Southern Ukraine Operation Command, a shopping mall was also hit by seven rockets, killing one person and injuring five others. The Russian side has not commented on the above information.

Hot war at Snake Island

According to Sputnik, quoted by Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov, the Russian army repelled a major effort of the Ukrainian army to retake Snake Island.

“Since May 7, under the direct direction of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the Chief of the General Staff of Ukraine, with the direct participation of American and British advisers, has been planning a major provocation to seize Snake Island,” he said. know.

The above information comes after Ukrainian and Western media reported that Ukrainian UAVs sank three Russian landing ships with 46 soldiers, in addition to two Russian surface-to-air missile systems being damaged by Russian aircraft. Ukrainian Su-27 destroyed. In addition, Ukraine also said it shot down a Russian helicopter on Snake Island, according to CNN.

Despite its small size, its strategically important geographical location made Snake Island the center of confrontation between the Byzantine and Ottoman empires, between Russia and the Ottomans, between Russia and Germany during World War I, and between Axis with the Soviet Union in World War 2.

See more: Russia says it has stopped Ukraine’s plan to take back Snake Island

European officials avoid missiles in Ukraine

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal wrote on the messaging app Telegram on May 9 that his meeting with European Council President Charles Michel was interrupted by a missile attack in the southern Ukrainian city of Odessa.

The missile attack did not injure the two leaders, but forced Michel to seek shelter, according to the website. The Kyiv Independent today 10.5.

On the morning of May 9, when Michel visited Odessa, four Onyx cruise missiles were launched from the sea towards this city, according to CNN, citing Ukrainian officials. By the evening of the same day, three cruise missiles were launched from a Russian Tu-22 bomber, destroying four buildings and injuring people, according to a statement from the Odessa City Council.

See more: The President of the European Council sought refuge from the missile during his visit to Ukraine?

America reacts to Putin’s comments

According to CNN, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said that when looking back on what happened on the ground in the Russia-Ukraine war since February 24 until now, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that this war was caused by the West. promote “obviously incorrect”.

Also on May 9, President Biden said he was worried that President Putin had no way out of the armed conflict with Ukraine and was trying to figure out what to do about the issue, according to CNN. Mr. Biden also said that Mr. Putin mistakenly believed that the military operation in Ukraine could divide NATO and the European Union (EU).

On the same day, President Biden signed into law the Ukraine Democratic Defense Leasing-Lease Act of 2022, according to CNN. This act is intended to speed up the process of military aid, providing more weapons to Ukraine, in the context of hostilities today, May 10, entering its 76th day.

See more: US reacts to Putin’s comments, Biden signs legislation related to Ukraine