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📌On the night of September 2, #Russian barbarians again attacked the port infrastructure of the #Izmail district of #Odesa region.
“Thanks to timely response to the threat, it was possible to prevent significant destruction and human casualties. Fires were promptly extinguished,” added the #Izmail_RGA.
#ukraine #putinisamasskiller #putinisawarcriminal @kardinal691
From https://t.me/pravdaGerashchenko_en
#Russia struck a gas facility in the #Izmail district of #Odesa region, leaving 2,500 consumers without gas.
"This was a deliberate strike on our preparations for the heating season - absolutely cynical, like every #Russian attack on our energy sector," President #Zelenskyy said.
It was reported that the fire was visible from as far as #Moldova and #Romania.
#ukraine #putinisamasskiller #putinisawarcriminal @kardinal691
In #Moldova, near the border with #Ukraine, two more #Russian drones have been discovered, the country's police reported.
One was found in an agricultural field near the village of #Chumai in the #Taraclia district, while the other exploded in a field about 1.5 kilometres from #Ceadîr_Lunga.
Last night, #Russia attacked the #Odesa region with drones near the city of #Izmail, which is next to the #Ukrainian_Moldovan_Romanian border.
🇺🇦 advanced in #Glushkovsky district and south of #Veseloye in the #Kursk region
🇷🇺 hit a 🇹🇷 #Turkish civilian cargo ship in the Black Sea delivering grain to #Africa
🇷🇺 deploys 16 ships to #BlackSea
🇷🇺 advanced in #Makiivka, #Krasnohorivka & #Hrodivka, and near #Pishchane & #Prechystivka
🇷🇺 attacked #Odesa and #Izmail with drones
🇺🇦 shot down 72/76 #Shahed drones
🇷🇺 lost another 1,210 personnel
Milestone: since Feb 2022, 🇺🇦 destroyed 17,000 🇷🇺 troop-carrying AFVs, and 18,000 🇷🇺 artillery systems
DELIVERY OF #FRENCH PATROL BOATS TO #UKRAINE
From #Rybar_Force
🇷🇺🇺🇦🇫🇷 In the #French port of #Saint_Nazaire, four #FPB_98 patrol boats were loaded aboard the transport vessel #Fusion.
Under the contract from 2019, the #French are to deliver 20 of these boats. The previous deliveries were carried out according to the same scheme to the #Romanian port of #Constanta and then overland to the port of #Izmail, where #FPB__98 are still located.
⚠️Snowy Armageddon in the #Odesa region: the #Odesa_Reni highway is closed, and there is an accident
At this time, several accidents are known:
🆘 a truck with grain overturned on the #Odesa_Reni highway near the village of #Krasnaya_Kosa;
🆘near the village of #Novokamenka, #Izmail district, a #Varna_Kyiv bus with 22 passengers drove into a ditch. No casualties.
⛔️Driving on the #M15 highway is prohibited until the consequences of bad weather are overcome.
Warplanes over Sevastopol
Attack in the dead of night
People hide in fear
#BBCNews - #Ukraine war: Overnight air attacks reported on #Sevastopol and #Izmail
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66793900
We looked into the importance of the #Danube #ports (like Reni and Ismail) in a special episode of #TheGlobalJigsaw a few days ago - don't miss it:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct5hl9
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