Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called the Russian attack on Odessa “intentional terrorism”.
According to the Office of the President of Ukraine on the 2nd (local time), President Zelensky called the Russian attack on Odessa “intentional and purposeful terrorism” in his address to the nation the night before.
“This was not an accidental or accidental missile attack,” Zelensky said.
“To date, there are 21 names on the list of deaths and about 40 injured, but the numbers keep changing,” he added.
“In just one day, missiles fell on Sergiuka and 12 missiles flew into Mykolayu,” Zelensky said.
During a meeting with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Garsteur on the same day, Zelensky denounced “Russia is carrying out terrorism targeting Ukrainian cities, villages and people”.
“The Russian missile was a supersonic anti-ship cruise missile,” he said.
“But missiles such as the Kh-22 were developed to target large warships such as aircraft carriers, and the Russian military used them on ordinary nine-story buildings with ordinary people.” ‘ he said in anger.
The day before, three Russian Kh-22 missiles fell on a 9-story apartment and resort building in the village of Serkhya, Odessa, southern Ukraine, killing 21 civilians and injuring about 40.
The Kh-22 missile is an air-to-surface and air-to-ship missile launched by strategic bombers such as the TU-22 and TU-95, and was also used in the Russian airstrike on the 27th of last month at the Kremenchuk shopping mall in Poltava province, central Ukraine.
At the time, Russia attacked a shopping mall with about 1,000 people, killing 19 civilians.
/yunhap news
