Russian Missile Strikes 'Very Close' to Zelenskyy's Motorcade, Greek PM Calls it 'Intense'

Odesa – A Russian ballistic missile struck “very close” to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's motorce while he was visiting Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. two world leers visited Ukrainian city of Odesa on Wednesday when Russian missile strikes rocked port city. Greek premier recalled incident and called bombardment “intense”, Guardian reported. attack on port infrastructure killed five people and left many wounded. However, Greek State Minister Stavros Papastavrou, a top aide to Mitsotakis, maintained that re were no injuries among Greek delegation following explosion.

“We heard sound of sirens and explosions that took place near us,” Greek Prime Minister said while holding talks with Ukrainian Prime Minister. “We did not have time to get to a shelter. It is a very intense experience,” he ded. It is pertinent to note that Odesa has been under Russian fire since start of Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. While dressing matter, Ukrainian leer claimed that Russian forces “don’t care wher [targets] are military or civilians; whoever y are, wher y are international guests, se people don’t care." Meanwhile, White House spokesperson in Washington also confirmed that "[ rocket] landed near convoy.”

Russia defends itself 

Meanwhile, Russian defence minister claimed that strike was on a “hangar in a commercial port area of Odesa in which crewless cutters were being prepared for combat use by Ukrainian armed forces," Guardian reported. attack came just days after 12 people including five children were killed after a Russian drone struck a residential block in same Ukrainian port city. While dressing a joint press conference, Mitsotakis recalled incident and stated that this is reason why Europe needs to support conflict-stricken region. “This is one more reason why all European leers should come to Ukraine. Because it is one thing to hear description from media or from President Zelenskyy and it is quite anor to experience war first-hand,” Greek premier averred.