Russia attacks the port city of Odessa as it fends off the Ukrainian counteroffensive

The Ukrainian authorities denounced this Saturday a new night attack with drones on the port city of Odessa, in which three civilians died and more than twenty citizens were injured. “As a result of the air strikes, the remains of a drone fell on a block of flats and a fire broke out,” the military command of the southern region of Ukraine stated on its Facebook account, according to the portal. ukrinform.

According to the military report, tonight, Russian troops launched 35 drones and eight missiles at different points in Ukraine. At least 20 Iranian-made drones and two cruise missiles they were shot down by anti-aircraft defense systems. The attacks were mainly directed at Odessa and the region around it, as well as Poltava and Kharkov.

As Russia tries to intimidate Ukraine, it also tries to shore up its defenses in areas where kyiv is advancing. In this sense, the pro-Russian leader of the annexed Crimean peninsula, Sergei Axionovassured that Russian anti-aircraft defense systems shot down two ballistic missiles launched by Ukraine over the aforementioned region on Saturday, reports efe.

“In the morning, the air defense forces shot down two Ukrainian Grom-2 ballistic missiles,” he wrote on his channel. Telegram. He also assured that there were no casualties or injuries as a result of the attack.

In recent weeks, local authorities have reported several massive drone and missile attacks against the peninsula annexed by Russia in 2014. One of Ukraine’s main targets in this territory is the Black Sea Fleet base in the city of Sevastopolwhich has had to reinforce its protection by land, sea and air.

The water will go down on Friday

The Russian hydroelectric company, RusHydrocalculates that the water of the Dnieper river will return to its normal course next Friday, at least in the lower part of the Kajovka hydroelectric power station, where the dam that collapsed last Tuesday was located and has caused the displacement of almost 9,000 people in the south of ukraine.

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“According to preliminary calculations by RusHydro, the Dnieper will enter its usual course below the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station on June 16,” the Russian-imposed interim governor of the Kherson region said. Vladimir Balance.

He explained that the water began to decrease in the lower reaches of the river occupied by Russian troops, that is, on the left bank of the Dnieper, so that in Oleshki and Hola Pristan, two of the most flooded towns, the level It has dropped two and one meter, respectively, to three and four meters.

In New Kakhovka the water level has decreased from three to seven meters, the pro-Russian governor stressed. Balance indicated that so far more than 6,000 people have been evacuated from Nueva Kakhovka, Oleskhi and Hola Pristan, cities all occupied by Russia, including 235 children and 81 people with reduced mobility.

On the right bank of the river, controlled by Ukraine, the latest official number of evacuees is 2,528 citizens.