In Odesa, a Russian missile exploded Wednesday near the motorcade that was carrying Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Greek Premier Kyriakos Mistitakis. At least five people were killed and many others injured when the missile struck less than 500 meters (estimates differ). ABC News reports that the explosion occurred at a distance of 100 meters. If this is true, then both men would have been within the radius of casualties from the warhead. The motorcade was said to have felt the shockwave from the explosion. Ironically, Mitsotakis visited Odesa to pay tribute and visit the cathedral heavily damaged by Russian missiles to twelve civilians who were killed last week during an attack on an apartment block.
Zelensky meeting families of the victims in the vile Russian attack on the Odesa Apartment building on 2nd March 24
He’s accompanied by the PM of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis 👇 pic.twitter.com/Gx3zfD7bL6
— ASSASSINATION OF ZELENSKY FAILS🇺🇦 🚀 Day 742 (@UkraineDiary) March 6, 2024
Zelensky: “Together with the Prime Minister of Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, visited the Odesa Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Saviour. The cathedral has suffered significant damage due to the russian missile strike.
The vast majority of russian targets are ordinary… https://t.co/83nDV9bUYz pic.twitter.com/pQPZi0xfZh
— Maria Drutska 🇺🇦 (@maria_drutska) March 6, 2024
Zelensky & Mitsotakis in this video at the commemoration of the Russian massacre of Ukrainian civilians during the first week of November.
TARGETED: A Russian Iskander-M ballistic missile struck 200 meters from Ukrainian President Zelensky and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis as they were meeting in Odesa today. 5 Ukrainian civilians were killed in the attack. The President and the PM were not injured. pic.twitter.com/mnxYW4eljz
— Chuck Pfarrer | Indications & Warnings | (@ChuckPfarrer) March 6, 2024
It is thought that this missile may be an Iskander M ballistic missile.
“They have either lost their minds, or they don’t have complete control over what their terrorist army is doing.”
– President Zelensky commented on the Russian terrorist attack on Odesa today.#Odesa #Ukraine #RussiaUkraineWar #Russia #Greece #Russian #Army… pic.twitter.com/AFw3VS7APB
— Natalka (@NatalkaKyiv) March 6, 2024
Zelensky commented on the missile strike at Zelensky’s joint meeting with Mitsotakis.
They either have lost their mind or don’t fully control what their terrorist army is doing.
It is a sign of recklessness and indiscipline to launch a ballistic rocket into a city that a foreign leader is visiting, but it is also a hallmark of the Russian Army.
Russia claimed it had engaged in a “high-precision” missile strike in Odesa’s industrial port, where Ukrainian Armed Forces were preparing to use unmanned boats for combat. Precision is, of course, entirely up to the beholder.
Many speculate whether it was an assassination by Russia, or if this was a warning for Greece to be more careful with its relationship with Ukraine. Mitsotakis’ attendance at ceremonies commemorating Russian atrocities has a much greater significance than a “meet-and-greet” in Kyiv. I don’t believe that sane individuals would believe that a missile was fired at a military base so close to the motorcade of the president.
