Ukraine has been struggling to repel a wave of Russian strikes against the southern city of Odesa, its air defenses unable to cope with the types of missiles that Moscow has used to pummel the region this week
Ukraine’s Air Force said it destroyed just five of 19 Russian cruise missiles fired at the country overnight into Thursday. That’s a significantly lower success rate compared to previous waves targeting Kyiv and Ukrainian officials said it was due to the lack of more advances defense systems in the southern part of the country. People in Odesa have now endured three nights of intense bombardment. A CNN team began hearing explosions at around 2 a.m. on Thursday.
But unlike some shorter-range air defenses provided to Ukraine that are mobile, the large Patriot battery is a stationary system, which means it is impossible for the Ukrainian military to quickly redeploy it to different areas. Grain infrastructure targeted Moscow launched an intense campaign of bombardment against Odesa, Mykolaiv and other settlements in southern Ukraine on Monday when Ukraine struck the key Crimea bridge. It launched more strikes on Tuesday and Wednesday night.
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