They felt an explosive wave: the Russian rocket hit 500 meters from Zelensky and Greece Prime Minister - CNN

According to the interlocutor of the publication, the Ukrainian and Greek leaders saw the "mushroom cloud" of smoke. Prime Minister Kiriakos Michotakis stated that in Ukraine "there is a real war, which affects not only the front but also in no means guilty citizens. " During the meeting of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and the Prime Minister of Greece, Kiriakos Michotakis, Odessa on Wednesday, March 6, a rocket of Russian invaders hit their tuples.

It exploded 500 meters from the location of politicians. About it reports CNN with reference to a source familiar with the situation. According to the interlocutor of the publication, a tuple that transported Greek and Ukrainian leaders in Odessa, felt an explosive wave from a blow. According to the source, politicians saw the "mushroom cloud" of smoke. Journalists say that Zelensky often makes "risky trips" to the front.

In addition, the Head of State greeted dozens of world leaders in Ukraine for over two years of war with Russia, but shelling on Wednesday can be one of the biggest challenges for the president. The publication adds that the proximity of the impact to the leader of NATO Michotakis Member Country also emphasizes the danger of such visits and the potential global consequences of the conflict. " CNN notes that the President of Ukraine said he was close enough to see and hear the appropriate blow.

"We saw this blow today. You see who we are dealing with, they are indifferent to where to beat. I know that there were victims today, I do not know all the details yet, but it is known that there are dead and injured," Zelensky said under The time of speech in Odessa on Wednesday. In addition, Zelensky emphasized that Ukraine needs to protect itself first and the best way to do it is a air defense system. "Weapons are needed here to save life.

Solutions are needed now - not once, but for people who suffer terrorist attacks every day and every night," he said. According to Michotakis, the Ukrainian president conducted a tour of the city, which has undergone enormous destruction from the months of Russian blows before they heard air anxiety. "Soon, when we sat in our cars, we heard a strong explosion.

I think it is the best, the most striking reminder that there is a real war here, which affects not only the front, soldiers, but also ours innocent fellow citizens, "Michokotakis said. The Ministry of Defense of Russia reported that its military had been struck at 11:40 in Moscow time.

The defensive department emphasized that "they caused a high -precision rocket strike on the hangar near the industrial port of Odessa, where preparation for combat use of unmanned the unmanned boats of the Armed Forces of Ukraine" and that the alleged "purpose of the impact was achieved" and the "object was affected". They responded to the attack of the Russian Federation and in Washington, where the request of US President Joe Biden to support Ukraine of $ 60 billion has frozen.