The direct from the cities
8.09
- The advisor to the head of the Ukrainian President's Office, Oleksiy Arestovych, announced that marines of the 36th brigade have been taken prisoner by the Russian army, "but it is not a thousand Ukrainian soldiers, much less - he said referring to the Moscow's announcement yesterday that 1,026 Ukrainian soldiers surrendered yesterday - a thousand is a lie. "
The UNIAN Agency reports it.
7.52
- "We have confirmation that the Russian ship has been hit. Now we fear that the enemy prepares a response on the city. There is a high probability of missile attacks in our city and region".
So this morning the spokesman for the Odessa city administration, Sergei Bratchuk, after confirming that the Russian crew abandoned the Moskva cruiser off Odessa after a fire that the Ukrainians claim was caused by their Neptune missiles.
7.35
- The cruiser Moskva (Moscow) of the Russian Black Sea fleet, which according to Kiev was hit yesterday by the Ukrainian Neptune missiles, was abandoned or sunk: CNN reports this morning, confirming the uncertainties about the fate of the ship from war which, according to Moscow, was instead "seriously damaged" by the explosion of the ammunition it was carrying, following a fire that broke out on board.