Showers of Russian missiles on Odessa . The new attack in the night: many civilian targets hit, with witnesses who spoke of "three hours of hell" .
“Russians are crazy terrorists,” commented the head of the Ukrainian presidential office, Andry Yermak, on his Telegram channel.
Meanwhile, concern and controversy over Russian military exercises in the stretch of the Barents Sea between the north coast of Norway and the Svalbard Islands: 8,000 soldiers, 20 ships, several submarines and fighter-bombers were involved.
The operations are taking place in the international waters of the Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone , a region where fishermen from Norway's north coast fish. “So far, there has been no communication from the Norwegian authorities regarding the request to leave the area. For now, we will stand our ground,” said Dag Josund, a fisherman interviewed by public service broadcaster Nrk.
The exercises started on Friday and the activities will continue until Tuesday . During this period, the Moscow authorities notified the closure of two marine areas, including the corresponding airspace, north and south of the islet of Bjornoya, which is located in the middle of the sea between the northern coast of Norway and the Svalbard Islands .
« This closure was carried out without warning. This is the first time this has happened in Norwegian waters ,” said Kjell-Gunnar Hoddevik, managing director of the fishing company, Atlantic Seafish. Under the law of the sea, states are allowed to conduct military exercises within international waters even within other countries' exclusive economic zones .
"Russia therefore has the right to carry out its military exercises," said Ane Haavardsdatter Lunde, spokesperson for the Norwegian Foreign Ministry, interviewed by the Barents Observer newspaper.
(Unioneonline/vl)
