Russian rocket hits close to Zelensky, Greek PM during Odesa visit
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00:00 Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was on a mission to show his country's support
00:04 for Ukraine on a tour of the port city of Odessa.
00:08 But the leader got a taste of war first-hand when a Russian drone hit a target just a few
00:13 hundred metres away.
00:15 "We heard some sirens and shortly after, as we were getting into our cars, we heard a
00:20 big explosion.
00:22 I think that for us, this is the best, most vivid reminder that there is a real war going
00:27 on here.
00:28 Every day there is war, which not only affects the front line, it affects our innocent fellow
00:34 citizens."
00:36 Russia says Wednesday's deadly strike hit a hangar housing Ukrainian naval drones.
00:41 It's the latest attack on Kyiv's infrastructure on the Black Sea.
00:44 It suffered a surge in Russian strikes since Moscow withdrew from a UN-brokered deal last
00:49 July that allowed the safe passage of Ukrainian grain shipments via the Black Sea.
00:55 Russia claims Kyiv did its own damage on Wednesday. The governor of the Russian border region
00:59 of Kurz says a Ukrainian drone attacked a fuel depot there.
01:04 "Today another attack on the Kurz region was carried out by Ukraine. A drone attacked a
01:10 fuel and lubricants warehouse. There are fires in the area right now. Operational services
01:16 have rushed to the scene."
01:17 In the northern region of Kharkiv, residents scrambled to pull women out from under rubble
01:23 in the village of Borova after it was hit by a Russian bomb, killing one person.
01:29 The attacks come as the Ukrainian army continues to struggle to hold Russian forces back on
01:33 the front line.
01:35 A top Ukrainian commander vows that the situation on the battlefield will stabilise soon. He
01:39 says the army aims to form units to carry out counter-offensive actions later this year.
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