Port of Odesa comes under missile attack as Russians advance in eastern Ukraine

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

June 20, 2022
1:32 PM EDT
Last Updated an hour ago

Port of Odesa comes under missile attack as Russians advance in eastern Ukraine

By Natalia Zinets and Max Hunder

KYIV, June 20 (Reuters) - Russian forces captured territory along a frontline river in eastern Ukraine on Monday and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy predicted Moscow would escalate attacks ahead of a summit of European leaders expected to welcome Kyiv's bid to join the EU.

Moscow's separatist proxies claimed to have captured Toshkivka, a town on the mostly Ukrainian-held western bank of the Siverskyi Donets river, south of Sievierodonetsk, which has become the main battlefield city in recent weeks.

Ukraine acknowledged that Moscow had success in Toshkivka and said the Russians were trying to gain a foothold there to make a breakthrough into the wider, Ukrainian-held pocket of the eastern Donbas region. It also confirmed a Russian claim to have captured on Sievierodonetsk's eastern outskirts.

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In Odesa, Ukraine's biggest Black Sea port, a food warehouse was destroyed in a Russian missile attack on Monday, the Ukrainian military said. No civilians were reported killed.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/ukraine-president-expects-russia-attacks-intensify-with-eu-summit-this-week-2022-06-20/

[Lovie777]

1. Russia's upset because Ukraine may be joining EU . . . . .

and after this probably Nato. Also, Putin is losing his allies (independent counties now) that use to be part of USSR. Romania and Moldova are discussing unification.

Russia at this point in time does not have a secure hold in Eastern Ukraine.