Last night Russia attacked the southern Ukrainian city of Odessa with missiles and drones. Among other things, one of the most striking hotel complexes in the Ukrainian metropolis on the Black Sea, belonging to the entrepreneur and Austrian honorary consul in Odessa, Andrij Stawnizer, was de facto destroyed.
The Ukrainian Air Force warned on Telegram of attacks with Shahed drones, Kalibr missiles and Oniks cruise missiles. Odessa’s military governor, Oleh Kiper, called on residents of the port city and the region to seek safety and not leave shelters prematurely. During the night there was a temporary air raid siren throughout Ukraine. According to media reports, Ukraine shot down a total of 22 enemy drones and 11 cruise missiles. It reported on Ukrainian drone attacks on the Crimean peninsula, which was occupied in violation of international law.
The port station and hotel in Odessa were destroyed in the attacks. For more than twenty years, the new post-Soviet hotel building dominated the port skyline. However, it has been empty in recent years and the current owner, the entrepreneur and Austrian honorary consul in Odessa, Andrij Stawnizer, has big plans for the striking building.
“We are going to rebuild everything”
“That was my hotel, the Kempinski Odessa,” Stawnizer responded on Facebook on Monday morning about the destruction in the port, which in addition to the 19-storey hotel building also affected the adjacent passenger terminal, but caused no casualties. . The hotel was a “monument of idiotism and tastelessness” and since he, like all Odessites, did not like it, he dreamed of finally rebuilding it.
Despite the ongoing war, these plans progressed and he found partners who invested in the area with him and wanted to create a port area for Odessa that was no worse than in Barcelona or Copenhagen. “We are going to rebuild everything. Don’t give yourself false hope, bad people (in Russia, take note),” wrote the entrepreneur, who has been honorary consul of Austria since 2014.
Ukraine stepped up attacks on Crimea
The Russian Defense Ministry announced earlier today that four unmanned aerial vehicles had been destroyed by Russian air defenses over Crimea. It is not immediately clear whether there were any casualties or damage as a result of the attacks. Ukraine has recently stepped up its attacks on the peninsula, which has been occupied by Russia since 2014. On Friday she managed to hit the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in the city of Sevastopol.
Russia is not calming down either
In Russia’s Kursk region, several private homes and an administrative building were damaged in a Ukrainian drone strike, according to local authorities. The Russian region of Belgorod was also the target of drone attacks. The regional government announced that the two planes from Ukraine had been destroyed. There are no comments from Ukraine.
Russian air defenses also carried out a drone strike in Russia’s Tula region, which borders the Moscow region to the north. According to RIA, preliminary information indicated that there was no damage or injuries in the attack. According to state news agency TASS, air traffic at Moscow’s two main airports, Vnukovo and Domedovo, was restricted and flights were diverted.
The number of wounded increases after the attack on Kremenchuk
After the Russian airstrike in the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk, the number of injured rose to more than 50, according to official figures. Among the injured were six children and a pregnant woman, the military governor of the Poltava region, Dmytro Lunin, said on Telegram on Sunday . Nineteen people are in hospital. At least one person was killed in the attack on Friday.
Source: Krone
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