US EditionEscalating Russian airstrikes aim to cut Ukraine off from sea, Zelenskyy says
Russian strikes have damaged key ports and infrastructure in the Odesa region, disrupting 40% of Ukraine's fuel supplies and causing civilian casualties, officials said.
- On Dec 21, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia launched an almost continuous drone and missile campaign targeting ports and fuel routes in the Odesa region.
- The Kremlin says Ukraine's economic infrastructure is a legitimate military target in the almost four-year war, and Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to cut Ukraine's Black Sea access in retaliation for Kyiv's drone strikes on shadow‑fleet tankers.
- Russia's strikes damaged reservoirs at Pivdennyi port, killing eight and injuring at least 30, while three sunflower‑oil tanks burned, killing one worker and injuring two.
- The route supplies around 40 per cent of Ukraine's fuel, and the Dniester River bridge near the village of Mayaky has been hit at least five times, prompting Ukrainian authorities to set up a pontoon bridge and reroute logistics.
- Ukraine held talks with the US team on Friday, and American negotiators were set to meet Russian officials in Florida on Saturday, even as Kyiv warned attacks could escalate around Odesa.
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‘Russian strikes aim to cut off Ukraine from sea’
Russia is trying to sever Ukraine’s access to the Black Sea, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday, following days of ramped-up airstrikes on ports and energy facilities in the Odesa region and a critical route to the Moldova border. Russia has unleashed an almost continuous drone and missile campaign against a region where ports key to Ukraine’s foreign trade and fuel supplies operate, after Moscow threatened to cut “ Ukraine off fr…
Russia Intensifies Black Sea Blockade Amid Escalated Strikes
Russia is intensifying efforts to cut Ukraine's access to the Black Sea, with heightened strikes on Odesa's ports and energy facilities. These attacks come as diplomatic negotiations continue and target key transport routes and trade infrastructure, exacerbating economic and logistical challenges for Ukraine.
The President of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski, said on Saturday that Russia is continuing to limit its access to the Black Sea country. His statement comes after several days of powerful air raids on the ports and energy infrastructure of the Odesa region, but also on a road to the border with the Republic of Moldova. According to the leader of Kiev, the Russian forces launched a series of drone and rocket attacks in an area relevant to Ukraine's…
Vladimir Putin promises to cut off Ukraine from the Black Sea, the situation is tough according to Volodymyr Zelensky. In the Odessa region, Russia is attacking Ukrainian ports and energy and transport infrastructure.
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