Russians hit Odesa region and Zmiinyi (Snake) Island with missiles

IRYNA BALACHUK - THURSDAY, 7 JULY 2022, 08:39

Russian invaders launched missile attacks on Odesa Oblast and Zmiinyi (Snake) Island at dawn on 7 July.

Source: Serhii Bratchuk, spokesman for the Odesa Military Administration on Telegram

Quote from Bratchuk: "Odesa region. At dawn, the enemy attacked one of the districts of the oblast with two missiles. Two agricultural barns were hit and 35 tonnes of grain were destroyed."

Details: According to preliminary data, there were no casualties.

Two Russian missiles also significantly damaged the quayside on Zmiinyi Island.

Background:

• On 30 June, the Russian occupiers fled from Zmiinyi Island after Ukrainian forces launched multiple attacks on it, some of them using Ukrainian Bohdana howitzers.
• Lately, the Russian authorities have claimed that Russian military forces had allegedly "completed their mission on Zmiinyi Island'' and, "as a gesture of good will",  had withdrawn the garrison stationed there.
• Valeriy Zaluzhnyy, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, showed how the occupiers were expelled from Zmiinyi Island.
• On 4 July, it was reported that the Ukrainian flag was delivered to Zmiinyi Island.