Russian strike on train near Odesa kills 10, Ukraine strikes Moscow with drones | News of the Russian-Ukrainian war

Ukraine is hitting Moscow with drones after Russia released its largest missile defense system in Kyiv.

Russia’s strike on a cruise ship near the southern Ukrainian port of Odesa has killed at least 10 people, as Ukraine launched hundreds of drones to attack Moscow, a day after Kyiv was hit by one of the war’s deadliest missiles.

Russia hit a Guinea-Bissau-flagged ship carrying corn and people from India and Syria, Ukrainian port officials said on Monday. Officials say eight people on board have been rescued.

Russian attack on Odesa they have now killed 28 people in the month of July alone, regional governor Oleh Kiper said.

“Since the beginning of July, Odesa region was ⁠— a constant shelling every day. There were days when ⁠13 to 15 reports of airstrikes were announced in the region,” Kiper told Ukrainian television.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said its forces had hit an oil storage facility at the port of Odesa.

Russia has increased its threats to Ukraine, often using missiles, as is the case in Kyiv near Patriot interceptor weapons which is very important to protect.

In retaliation, Ukraine escalates attacks on Russia. It targeted Moscow and surrounding areas with hundreds of drones overnight, injuring at least 10 people and setting fire to several buildings, Russian officials said.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said more than 400 “drones” were launched in the Moscow region between 8:30 pm (17:30 GMT) and 5:00 am (02:00 GMT). Many were intercepted by Russian air defense systems, including ⁠85 that were destroyed on approach to the Russian capital.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine had destroyed Russian storage facilities and oil facilities in the Moscow region more than 400 km (250 miles) from the Ukrainian border.

“We are responding, justly, to every attack by Russia against our cities and regions,” Zelenskyy said in a post on X.

“In one night, air defense forces and electronic weapons prevented a drone attack in the Moscow region. The main consequences were recorded in Podolsk, Domodedovo, and Odintsovo region,” Andrei Vorobyov, the governor of the Moscow region, wrote on the Telegram messaging app. He said 10 people, including a child, were injured, and three of the injured were Chinese citizens.

“According to preliminary information, one person was injured in Domodedovo due to a fire at a private house, and another on the M-4 highway, where a drone fell near a car,” Vorobyov said.

Wildberries, Russia’s largest online retailer, said on Monday its logistics center in the Podolsk region was evacuated as a precautionary measure, but later resumed all operations. killed at least eight workers at Wildberries on Saturday and injured many others, when another attacker set fire to an oil depot outside Moscow.

Ukrainian drones also hit seven Russian ships on Sunday night in the Black Sea and the Sea of ​​Azov, according to the head of the Kyiv-based navy Robert Brovdi. He said the targets included three oil tankers and four dry cargo ships, bringing the total number of ships destroyed in July to 183. Brovdi added that seven locations were hit. Crimea annexed by Russia.