The Greek Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, denounced a Russian attack
on Odessa while visiting this Ukrainian city with the President of Ukraine
, Volodymyr Zelensky, which caused explosions near the delegation in which both leaders were present.
"We heard the sound of sirens and there were explosions that occurred very close to us," Mitsotakis said at a joint press conference with Zelensky, according to the Ukrainian news agency Unian.
"We didn't have time to go to a shelter
," added the Greek prime minister, who was shocked by what he had experienced.
Zelensky also confirmed the incident.
President Volodimir Zelensky and the Prime Minister of Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
Reuters Photo
"We saw today's attack. You can see who we are dealing with, they don't care where they hit, military or civilians. I know there have been victims today, I still don't know the details but I know there are dead and wounded," said the Ukrainian president. about the attack on Odessa during Mitsotakis' visit to the city.
The Ukrainian head of state
also did not offer information
about the type of weapons used by Russia in the attack.
Greek private television SKAI had reported explosions just about 150 meters from the convoy of cars in which both leaders were traveling.
The Greek Prime Minister traveled to the main Ukrainian seaport to strengthen cooperation between Greece and Ukraine in various fields.
One of the issues discussed was the expansion of the corridor for civilian ships that Ukraine managed to open in the Black Sea last fall after regaining control of part of its territorial waters.
According to the Black Sea Institute for Strategic Affairs, Greece and Turkey are the countries in which the largest number of ships transiting through that corridor are registered, with which Ukraine
has managed to recover the level of
maritime grain exports it had before war.
According to the institute,
25% of the boats that use it are registered in Greece and another 25% in Turkey.
During his visit to Odessa, the Greek Prime Minister also visited with Zelensky the residential building where 12 people, including 5 children, died over the weekend in a Russian drone attack against the city.
Source: EFE and AP
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